The Great Depression
Across
- 3. October 24th, the stock market plummeted
- 5. the president during the great depression that Americans did not care for
- 8. first name of president Roosevelt
- 10. first name of president Hoover
- 13. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
- 15. a long period of rising stock prices
- 16. the most highly praised New Deal work relief program.
- 19. run down make shift towns for the homeless, based on the dislike of a president
- 21. to put money into a company in order to gain a future financial reward
Down
- 1. name of the game played on friday nights
- 2. New Deal program responsible for building this school and other schools, hospitals, etc.
- 4. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
- 6. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
- 7. the great plains were very dry with high winds, causing this new disaster
- 9. the ones who felt the great depression first, as a result of World War One
- 10. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
- 11. heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
- 12. radio broadcasts made by Roosevelt to the American people to explain what was going on in America
- 14. October 29th, the stock market took its steepest dive yet, plummeting even further than October 24th
- 17. the president that took over during the great depression and implemented the new deal
- 18. disease that FDR had
- 20. federal deposit insurance corporation , created to provide government insurance for bank deposits