Unit 11 La: C (Human Inheritance And Predicting Genetic Traits)

Herbert Hoover {Ans: President when Great Depression Started}Pearl Harbor {Ans: 7:50-10:00 AM, December 7, 1941 - Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft. American losses were 3000, Japanese losses less than 100. In response, the U.S. declared war on Japan and Germany, entering World War II.}John Nance Garner {Ans: Vice President of the U.S. from 1933-1941 during the Great Depression}Allied {Ans: Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II. The Allied Powers Won WWII}prisoner-of-war camp {Ans: place where soldiers who have been captured by their enemy during a war are kept as prisoners until the end of the war....Texas had twice as many as anyone else}human cause of the dust bowl {Ans: the plowing under of millions of acres of prairie grass for farmland}Sam Rayburn {Ans: Texan who was speaker of the US House of Reps for 17 years / Also supported FDR's New Deal Plan}Dust storms results {Ans: -dirt clogged cars/tractors}Hoovervilles {Ans: Depression shantytowns, named after the president whom many blamed for their financial distress}Physical Causes of Dust