FDR and The New Deal

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Across
  1. 2. Sudden collapse of stock prices that began the Depression.
  2. 4. Government programs created to fix Depression problems.
  3. 7. Banks collapsed when people withdrew all their money.
  4. 12. New Deal program giving young men jobs in conservation.
  5. 13. Factories and farms produced more goods than people bought.
  6. 14. Program regulating wages, prices, and business practices.
Down
  1. 1. Most money held by few; most Americans earned little.
  2. 3. High tariff that reduced international trade during the Depression.
  3. 5. Speech urging confidence: “fear itself.”
  4. 6. Few rules let banks take risky actions before failing.
  5. 8. Law creating government support for elderly and unemployed.
  6. 9. Buying stocks with borrowed money hoping for quick profit.
  7. 10. Federal program providing millions of jobs building public works.
  8. 11. Farmers lost their land when they couldn’t repay debts.