Unit 7 Great Depression

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Across
  1. 2. Purchasing stocks by paying a small down payment and borrowing the rest, heightening crash risks.
  2. 5. Civilian Conservation Corps employing youth in conservation projects.
  3. 6. 31st U.S. President (1929-1933) who favored limited government intervention.
  4. 7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President who expanded federal role.
  5. 11. Speculative bubble that burst in 1929, triggering panic selling and economic collapse.
  6. 12. Severe economic downturn lasting from 1929 to late 1930s, marked by massive unemployment and bank failures.
  7. 13. Drop in overall prices, increasing debt burdens and reducing spending.
  8. 15. Dust Bowl migrants (often from Oklahoma) heading west for farm work
Down
  1. 1. Shantytowns named mockingly after the president, symbolizing poverty.
  2. 2. October 24, 1929 panic selling day with 12.9 million shares traded.
  3. 3. 1931 case of nine Black teens falsely accused of rape, exposing injustice.​
  4. 4. 1932 WWI veterans marching for early bonus payments, violently dispersed.
  5. 8. 1930s Plains drought and soil erosion devastating farms, creating dust storms.
  6. 9. FDR's programs for relief, recovery, and reform during the Depression.
  7. 10. Queues for free food amid high joblessness and no federal aid.
  8. 14. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insuring bank deposits.​