Great depression

2. Depression A long period of severe economic hardship in the 1930s when many people lost jobs, homes, and savings.
4. When factories and farms produce more goods than people can buy, leading to falling prices and economic problems.
6. Failure When a bank runs out of money and closes, often causing people to lose their savings.
8. Market Crash (1929) A sudden and dramatic drop in stock prices that caused investors to lose huge amounts of money and contributed to the start of the Great Depression.
9. Lines of people waiting for free food during the Great Depression, often supplied by charities or government agencies.

1. Makeshift towns of shacks built by homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Hoover.
3. The state of not having a job; during the Great Depression, millions of people could not find work.
5. Works Programs Government-funded projects, like building roads and bridges, designed to create jobs and stimulate the economy during the Great Depression.
7. Deal A series of programs and policies created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the country recover from the Great Depression.
10. Bowl A series of severe dust storms in the 1930s that damaged farmland in the Midwest and forced many families to move.