Great Depression Recap

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Across
  1. 3. ownership in a company (you bought this during our game)
  2. 5. Overwhelming winner of the 1928 election
  3. 6. October 29, 1929- the day the stock market crashed
  4. 8. economic and financial issues led to this
  5. 10. the total value of goods and serviced produced in the nation
  6. 12. tariff act that raised the cost of imported goods for American consumers- made things worse
  7. 13. when a bank takes over ownership of a property after failed loan payments
  8. 15. name given to a homeless and jobless person
  9. 16. worst economic period in US history- effect of crash
  10. 17. buying stocks with loans from stockbrokers
Down
  1. 1. WWI veterans came to Washington to request the promised wage increase- were attacked by standing army
  2. 2. book written by Steinbeck describing the life of farmers in the 1930s
  3. 4. an organization that is owned and controlled by its members
  4. 7. nickname given to region hit by severe drought and dust storms
  5. 9. Hoover believed American people had this spirit
  6. 11. banks began to close as a result of the crash
  7. 14. shantytowns named after the president blamed for the depression
  8. 18. farmer who lost farm during dust storms- meant to be an insulting term