Great Depression Era

5. The ban on the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol in the United States, which lasted from 1920 to 1933.
10. holiday A temporary closure of all banks in the United States declared by President Roosevelt in 1933 to prevent further bank failures.
11. The day of the stock market crash, October 29, 1929.
12. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program of government reform and public works projects to address the Great Depression.
13. A high protective tariff passed by Congress in 1930, which worsened the economic situation by reducing international trade.
14. The Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal program that employed young men in conservation projects and other public works.

1. A region in the Midwest that suffered severe dust storms and drought during the Great Depression.
2. The Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program that employed millions of people in public works projects such as road-building and public art.
3. A situation in which many depositors try to withdraw their money from a bank at the same time, often leading to the bank's failure.
4. A line of people waiting to receive food from a charitable organization during the Great Depression.
6. A homeless person who travels from place to place in search of work or handouts.
7. A group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus promised by the government.
8. A shantytown built by homeless people during the Great Depression.
9. Migrants from Oklahoma and surrounding states who moved to California during the Great Depression in search of work.
13. The sudden and catastrophic collapse of the stock market on October 29, 1929, which marked the beginning of the Great Depression.