Social Studies Test

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Across
  1. 4. The money was used to pay monthly pensions to _____ people
  2. 7. Many moved to California and became _______ workers
  3. 8. In 1931 the Great Plains experienced a _______
  4. 10. One of the causes of the Dust Bowl was high ____
  5. 11. In _______ 1935 Congress passed the Social Security Act
  6. 14. in these states had cleared millions of acres of grasslands to plant wheat
  7. 15. Many _____ were forced to look for work
  8. 16. A disaster hit the _____ Plains region
  9. 17. In April Congress ______ the Works Progress Administration
  10. 18. More women began to work in __________
  11. 19. The ___ also gave jobs to unemployed artists and writers
Down
  1. 1. groups of shelters
  2. 2. was very popular
  3. 3. believed that the economy would improve soon
  4. 5. The region became known as the ____ Bowl
  5. 6. migrant workers moved here
  6. 9. stock market crashed on black _______
  7. 12. Thousands of _______ had to give up their farms
  8. 13. Small _____ suffered losses when farmers defaulted, or failed to meet loan payments
  9. 17. Most people during the dust bowl left Oklahoma to head for _______