Chapter 26 Lesson 1
Across
- 2. aid for the needy; welfare
- 5. tariff passed by congress in 1930 that imposed a tax on imported goods
- 7. Who did Hoover send in on the bonus army?
- 9. borrowed money for cars
- 10. President at the beginning of the Great Depression
- 13. saw panicked traders sell almost 13 million shares on October 24th
- 15. borrowed money for land, equipment, and supplies
- 16. Hoover proposed this in 1932 to lend money to businesses and support government programs
- 17. Struggling companies cut wages and laid off workers, reducing what
- 20. to commit money in the hopes of making more money in the future
- 22. projects such as the building of highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
Down
- 1. severe economic crisis that began in 1929
- 3. group of WWI veterans marching on Washington DC demanding early payment on their bonuses
- 4. involved paying a portion in cash and borrowing the rest
- 6. _____ _____ faced difficulties as farmers defaulted or failed to meet loan payments
- 8. a place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system
- 11. ____________ in factories led to excess goods and economic challenges
- 12. workers faced challenges like reduced hours and ____ ____
- 14. by 1929 1 in 10 households had invested in what
- 18. Many American families lived in __________ or close to it during this time
- 19. borrowed money for stocks
- 21. during the Great Depression, there was long lines at the ____ ____ from people trying to get a basic meal