The Great Depression and he New Deal

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Across
  1. 6. an agent who negotiates an exchange between a buyer and a seller
  2. 7. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments, or the part of a structure that directly received pressure
  3. 9. an index, or tool, that measures the performance of the stocks of 30 large companies
  4. 12. minor officers of the courts
  5. 13. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
  6. 14. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
  7. 17. a long period of rising stock prices
  8. 18. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
  9. 19. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
Down
  1. 1. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
  2. 2. persistent and heavy demands by a bank´s depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
  3. 3. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
  4. 4. to cover financial losses
  5. 5. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
  6. 8. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polishes
  7. 10. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
  8. 11. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
  9. 14. abbreviated term for poliomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disability and deformity
  10. 15. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
  11. 16. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin