Chapter 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal

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Across
  1. 5. The name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio talks about issues of public concern
  2. 7. An American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  3. 8. When all banks in the United States closed until government audits declared them solvent
  4. 9. System by which workers and employers in the U.S. have to pay money to the government, which gives money to people who are retired, who have a disability, or who cannot work.
  5. 10. A legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S
  6. 11. The shantytowns that sprang up on the out-skirts of cities
  7. 14. A period of time in financial markets when the price of an asset or security rises continuously.
  8. 15. A period of rapid economic expansion resulting in higher GDP, lower unemployment, a higher inflation rate and rising asset prices.
Down
  1. 1. A severe worldwide economic depression between 1929 to 1939 that began after a major fall in stock prices in the United States.
  2. 2. A major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929.
  3. 3. The name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s.
  4. 4. Series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.
  5. 6. People invest in the stock market like crazy, buying shares, hoping that the value of the company would increase and sell it off at a higher price and make a profit. Stock shares rise, and that increases speculation
  6. 12. A strike during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled.
  7. 13. American politician and engineer who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression.