Events and Aspects of the Great Depression

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Across
  1. 1. A protest by veterans seeking a bonus promised to them after WWI
  2. 5. Organization for farmers to take a "holiday" from farming
  3. 6. Often used to disperse protest crowds
  4. 9. The worst economic breakdown in US history
  5. 11. Homeless encampments and shacktowns during the Great Depression
  6. 12. A severe drought that left the land bare and subject to dust storms
  7. 13. Cause of the Stock Market crash of 1929 due to bad loans and stock liquidation
  8. 15. Migrants who fled the Southwest to California and Arizona
Down
  1. 2. A cause of the Dust Bowl that involved farming and animals
  2. 3. Dust storms that could coat ships, homes, food, and skin
  3. 4. A sudden and steep decline in U.S. Stock prices.
  4. 7. Something that happened to overplowed land resulting in dust storms
  5. 8. Those effected more by the Great Depression than others
  6. 10. Roughly the amount of time, in years, that the Great Depression lasted
  7. 14. When many clients begin to withdraw their money in fear that the bank will fail soon