The Great Depression and The New Deal Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 7. role of the government to work out conflicts among competing interest groups
  2. 9. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
  3. 11. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
  4. 16. persistent and heavy demands by a bank’s depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
  5. 17. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
  6. 19. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
  7. 21. process whereby a neutral party hears arguments from two opposing sides and makes a decision that both must accept
  8. 25. an index, or tool, that measures the performance of the stocks of 30 large companies
  9. 26. abbreviated term for poliomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disability and deformity
  10. 27. radio broadcasts made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans
  11. 28. the act of changing the political balance of power in a nation’s judiciary system whereby a nation leader, such as the president, appoints judges who will rule in favor of his or her policies
Down
  1. 1. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
  2. 2. an agent who negotiates an exchange between buyer and seller
  3. 3. to cover financial losses
  4. 4. to attempt to resolve conflict between hostile people or groups
  5. 5. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
  6. 6. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polished
  7. 8. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
  8. 10. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
  9. 12. government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes to boost the economy
  10. 13. 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 receives pressure
  11. 14. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
  12. 15. something that provides security against misfortune; specifically government relief programs intended to protect against economic disaster
  13. 17. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs
  14. 18. method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment
  15. 20. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds or public use
  16. 22. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
  17. 23. minor officers of the courts
  18. 24. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise