The Great Depression

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Across
  1. 4. October 29, 1929. The Day the stock market crashed
  2. 5. Governor of Louisiana and critic of Roosevelt
  3. 6. Buying something to sell for later profit
  4. 7. Dried up top soil turned into dust that was blown eastwards
  5. 8. A stock market in which stock prices steadily increase
  6. 10. A new type of light hearted humor or adventure stories told on paper in cartoon form.
  7. 12. Shantytowns built on the outskirts of cities
  8. 13. Period of general prosperity
Down
  1. 1. Type of cash crop in Florida that helped the recovery from the depression.
  2. 2. Films with sounds that became a popular temporary escape from the Depression.
  3. 3. Programs by Pres. Roosevelt that tried to relieve the Depression
  4. 5. Massive public works project designed to provide jobs and be a source of electricity
  5. 9. Took pictures documenting the lives of those hit hard by the Depression
  6. 10. Adding judges to a court in the hopes that they will side with the political party in power
  7. 11. Pres. Roosevelt's wife, who often did public relations for him
  8. 12. President of the US at the beginning of the Depression