The Thirties
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- 4. The event of the stock market crash
- 6. slang for an attractive female
- 7. Gave more than a billion dollars of government loans to railroads and large businesses
- 9. Gave unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs
- 14. When FDR tried to put more judges in the Supreme Court
- 15. Refugees from the Dust Bowl
- 17. In 1921 what was FDR diagnosed with
- 18. Advised the president and campaigned racial equality
- 19. Provided jobs for more than 2 million young men
- 21. Recognized the rights of employees to join labor union
- 22. Government efforts to encourage Mexican immigrants to return to Mexico
- 23. During the 1920's which part of the nosiness cycle did the economy go through?
- 24. African American leaders who advised the president
- 27. Unions used _______ to achieve goals
- 31. established minimum wage and minimum prices goods could be sold for
- 32. Government agency that built a series of dams
- 33. Act that sought to end over production and raise crop prices
- 35. To deal with the banking crisis FDR passed
- 38. Putting money in the consumers' hands so they can buy goods and stimulate the economy
- 39. Agricultural workers who do not own their own land
- 44. A type of strike against General Motors that was 44 days
- 46. Makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks
- 47. Slang term for cigarette
- 48. During the Great Depression did consumers spend the most
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- 1. Storm over the southern Great Plains that ruined all farming land
- 2. Gave Indians greater control over their affairs
- 3. A government that is responsible for the welfare of certain citizens
- 5. Wrote The Childrens Hour
- 8. The theory money that is invested in business will also reach the workers
- 10. General who ordered federal troops to attack protestors with tear gas
- 11. Slang for an average guy
- 12. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 prevented
- 13. Paid artist to paint large murals
- 16. A risky stock purchase
- 20. Policy where problems could be solved at state levels and locally
- 24. World War 1 veterans who marched on Washington
- 25. Slang for "Very good"
- 26. President when the stock market crashed
- 28. A place where families could get free food scraps
- 29. Period from 1929 to 1941 in which the economy failed
- 30. British economist who argued deficit spending was needed to end the depression
- 34. A way people escaped from the Depression
- 36. Periodic growth and contraction of the economy
- 37. Built and improved highways, dredging rivers, and promoted conservation
- 40. A group that experienced and early depression in the early 1920's
- 41. Main form of entertainment
- 42. Wrote The Grapes of Wrath
- 43. Democratic president elected in 1932
- 45. Insured bank deposits up to $5000
- 46. Louisiana Senator that introduced the "Share Our Wealth" program