The Great Depresstion

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Across
  1. 2. – The agency that insures people’s bank deposits
  2. 9. Bowl – A region hit by severe dust storms in the 1930s
  3. 13. Crisis – A period of serious financial trouble
  4. 14. – When a bank takes back a home because payments weren’t made
  5. 15. – Immediate help for people in need
  6. 16. – Farmers who rented land and paid with crops
  7. 19. A severe worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929, The Great Depression
  8. 20. Failure When a bank closes because it runs out of money
  9. 21. Security – A government program providing income to the elderly and unemployed
  10. 22. Deal – President Roosevelt’s programs to fight the Depression
  11. 23. – People who grow crops or raise livestock
  12. 25. Holiday – A temporary closing of banks ordered by the president
  13. 26. Street – The famous New York street associated with U.S. finance
  14. 27. Shantytowns where homeless people lived during the Depression
  15. 28. – The process of improving the economy
Down
  1. 1. – The condition of being without a job
  2. 3. – Money borrowed with the promise to repay later
  3. 4. – Extreme lack of money or resources
  4. 5. – A long period with little or no rain
  5. 6. – A decrease in prices caused by reduced spending
  6. 7. Army – World War I veterans who marched to demand early bonus payments
  7. 8. Tuesday – The day in 1929 when the stock market crashed
  8. 10. Kitchens – Places that provided free meals to the poor
  9. 11. – A sudden and dramatic drop in stock prices
  10. 12. – The movement of people from one place to another
  11. 14. Roosevelt – The U.S. president who created the New Deal
  12. 17. – Changes made to prevent future economic problems
  13. 18. Works – Government-funded construction projects that created jobs
  14. 24. Market – A place where people buy and sell shares of companies
  15. 25. – Lines of people waiting for free food