The Great Depression

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Across
  1. 4. An American political figure, diplomat and activist
  2. 6. Raised US tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods
  3. 7. Borrowing money from a broker in order to purchase stock
  4. 9. “The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.”
  5. 11. A 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be,”.
  6. 12. The drought-stricken Southern Plains of the United States.
  7. 14. Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss
  8. 15. A gathering of 10,000-25,000 WWI veterans who converged on Washington, D.C. demanding bonus payment for wartime services
  9. 16. Pledge to buy all unsold shares
Down
  1. 1. A government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments
  2. 2. The 32nd president of the United States
  3. 3. Known for the The Grapes of Wrath which summed up the bitterness of the Great Depression decade
  4. 5. A political regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual
  5. 8. A collective action taken during the auction of a foreclosed property to force the sale of a property at a low price
  6. 10. American physician who was best known for his resolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression
  7. 12. Photographer whose pictures clearly documented the negative effects of the Depression on Americans
  8. 13. A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Great Depression