1930s & '40s Crossword
Across
- 2. Star baseball player who played for the Red Sox pitcher and later as a Yankee outfielder
- 4. American stock market crash which marked the beginning of the Depression
- 8. Nickname of homeless encampments in the Depression
- 10. Most popular American sport of the 20th century
- 11. Arguably the greatest female jazz vocalist of all time
- 13. One of the progenitors of big-band jazz and most famous jazz musicians of the 20th century
- 14. President largely attributed as getting America out of the Depression
- 16. 1939 movie starring Judy Garland as Dorothy
- 17. 1939 movie starring Vivien Leigh as a Southern belle
- 19. First African-American baseball player, debuting in 1947
- 20. The practice of civilians reducing their consumption of certain things in wartime
Down
- 1. Massive economic downturn of the 1930s
- 3. Severe midwestern drought during the Depression
- 5. Popular form of jazz orchestra that became popular in the '30s and '40s
- 6. Popular form of jazz that emerged in the early '30s
- 7. 1933 movie starring Charlotte Henry as Alice
- 9. One of the most popular horror film directors of the '30s and '40s
- 12. 1940 Disney movie starring Mickey Mouse
- 15. President largely attributed as failing to get America out of the Depression
- 18. War that brought about the end of the Depression