Impact of the Great Depression

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Across
  1. 2. Catastrophic famine in Ukraine during Stalin’s rule.
  2. 3. Policy that helped shield the Soviet Union from global economic collapse.
  3. 6. Country where unemployment reached 25% in some industrial regions during the Great Depression.
  4. 8. Key Japanese export that lost value when global markets shrank.
  5. 9. Country where unemployment reached about 30% by 1932.
  6. 12. One of the British regions hardest hit by industrial decline and job losses.
  7. 13. Soviet policy of consolidating farms that led to widespread famine.
  8. 16. Asian country whose economic struggles encouraged militaristic expansion.
  9. 18. Country largely insulated from the global Depression due to its centrally planned economy.
  10. 19. Political party that rose to power by exploiting economic despair in Germany.
Down
  1. 1. Economic policy Britain maintained early in the Depression that worsened the crisis.
  2. 4. Soviet leader whose industrialization and agricultural policies had devastating human costs.
  3. 5. Common global problem during the Great Depression that led to social unrest.
  4. 7. Leader who came to power in Germany as a result of Depression-era instability.
  5. 10. Country where the Depression worsened conflict between Nationalists and Communists.
  6. 11. Continent that faced plummeting export demand and widespread poverty during the Depression.
  7. 12. The German Republic whose political instability worsened during the Depression.
  8. 14. Withdrawal of these by the U.S. crippled Germany’s postwar recovery.
  9. 15. Major British industry that suffered from falling demand and production during the Depression.
  10. 17. Political party in Britain that gained support due to growing interest in social welfare.