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