Great Depression
Across
- 4. Seen of protests when Congress rejected the 'Bonus Bill'.
- 8. period of time when debts do not have to be repaid, to give assistance, but debts not cancelled.
- 9. This rose significantly during the Great Depression.
- 10. Former members of the army, who often joined protests against the government in the early 1930s.
- 11. charitable support from the local/state government
- 12. Action taken to change a situation, in this context by the government.
- 13. area in the USA, mainly affecting Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico, which experienced drought in the 1930s.
- 14. President during the Great Depression
Down
- 1. Poorly paid migrant labourers, forced to move West from rural areas to seek work picking fruit during crisis. Many were from Oklahoma.
- 2. Economic policy that prioritises self-help and individual independence, not government assistance.
- 3. Those who protested against delayed payment of war pension
- 5. Half the women in this group lost their employment during the Great Depression.
- 6. President who won 1932 US election
- 7. Where the homeless lived during the Great Depression