Great Depression

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Across
  1. 6. A place where hungry people could get a free meal.
  2. 8. A law that prevented the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
  3. 10. The nickname given to the 1920s when the economy was booming prior to the Great Depression.
  4. 13. A decrease in the general price level of goods and services.
  5. 15. A series of 30 radio addresses given by President Roosevelt. They started during the Great Depression and continued during WW2.
  6. 17. A number of laws passed between 1933 and 1934. The first series of laws that were part of Roosevelt's New Deal.
  7. 18. Fall;what happened in the late 20s
  8. 20. A second series of laws passed between 1935 and 1938 that were a part of President Roosevelt's New Deal.
  9. 21. Something you can eat after purchasing from a market
  10. 22. October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
Down
  1. 1. when there is a long-term downturn in economic activity. A depression is like an extremely long and harsh recession.
  2. 2. You buy shares of them to make a profit
  3. 3. A general increase in the prices of goods and services.
  4. 4. stands for the Civilian Conservation Corps. This was a government work relief program that gave unemployed people jobs working on environmental projects.
  5. 5. President when the Great Depression began.
  6. 7. A law that established pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and aid to the disabled.
  7. 9. A time of decline in economic activity when the GDP drops for two quarters in a row.
  8. 11. A monetary system where a country's money is backed by an equal amount of gold. The U.S. abandoned this system during the Great Depression.
  9. 12. You use these to store your money
  10. 13. The name given to the drought-stricken southern plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s.
  11. 14. stands for Tennessee Valley Authority. It was an agency established to build dams along the Tennessee River.
  12. 15. The acronym for the current President of the United States
  13. 16. A time when President Roosevelt shut down the banks from March 6 to March 13 in 1933 in order to stabilize the banking system.
  14. 19. A shantytown where homeless people built shacks out of things like scrap wood, cardboard, and tar paper. These towns were named after President Hoover.