Chapter 9

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Across
  1. 3. Kitchens Common food relief organizations during the Depression.
  2. 5. Stock prices reached unrealistic levels due to this risky practice.
  3. 7. Government corporation created to loan money to banks, Reconstruction _______ Corp
  4. 8. Finance law signed to provide _______ relief and construction aid.
  5. 10. Type of media that provided escape: books, ______, and movies.
  6. 11. Collapse in 1929 that triggered financial panic.
  7. 14. Organization initially favored by Hoover for relief work.
  8. 15. Marches and farm protests reflected public _______.
  9. 16. Radio shows named for household cleaning ads.
  10. 19. Area of the country affected by severe droughts and dust storms.
  11. 20. Towns built by the homeless during the Depression.
Down
  1. 1. Loans offered by the RFC went to banks and ______.
  2. 2. Photographer known for capturing Depression-era hardship.
  3. 4. Buying stocks with borrowed money.
  4. 6. One of every four Americans was this by 1933.
  5. 9. Raised late by the Federal Reserve, worsening the crash.
  6. 12. Popular form of entertainment during the Depression.
  7. 13. Uneven ______ distribution reduced consumer demand.
  8. 17. Temporary farming migrants from Oklahoma.
  9. 18. Military conflict with protesting WWI veterans hurt this president's image.