Great Depression and New Deal Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills
  2. 4. by 1945, in bad news the federal deficit had greatly increased, but in good news this measure went way down
  3. 9. FDR’s plan to create a sympathetic Supreme Court
  4. 10. law protecting the right of workers to join unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers
  5. 11. an alignment of diverse groups that came together to support FDR and became dedicated to the Democratic Party
  6. 12. system of cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor
  7. 15. aided farmers and regulated crop production
  8. 16. Louisiana politician who was critical of the New Deal for not going far enough
  9. 17. provided jobs for single males on conservation projects
  10. 18. nickname for the day that the bottom fell out of the stock market in 1929
  11. 19. spending more money than the government receives in revenue
  12. 21. President who believed in rugged individualism and limited government
Down
  1. 1. WWI veterans who wanted ore compensation from the federal government
  2. 2. protected bank deposits
  3. 5. provided old age insurance for retirees over 65
  4. 6. program that created jobs in airport construction, roads, painting murals, etc.
  5. 7. first female cabinet member
  6. 8. struck down many of the New Deal programs
  7. 13. region hard hit by drought and winds in the early 1930s
  8. 14. famous John Steinbeck novel that takes place during the Dust Bowl
  9. 20. lines of people waiting to receive food provided by charitable organizations or public agencies