U.S. History Crossword #5

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Across
  1. 2. Make changes that required the government to somewhat regulate (supervise) the economy to keep it from crashing again.
  2. 7. A tax on imports (goods brought into the U.S. from other countries).
  3. 9. _____ on the Margin is paying a small % of the stock’s price and borrowing to pay for the rest of the stock.
  4. 11. The drought-stricken southern plains region of the U.S., which suffered severe dust storms during a drought in the 1930s leading to people and livestock dying and crops failing.
  5. 14. The worst economic downturn in the history of the world that occurred between 1929 and 1939.
  6. 17. Take action to restore (help fix) the economy.
  7. 18. The day the Stock Market crashed in 1929.
  8. 20. The faster production of large amounts of goods.
Down
  1. 1. A "hands off" approach where the government usually does not intervene in the economy.
  2. 3. Areas on the outskirts of a town made up of shanties built by unemployed and impoverished people during the Great Depression.
  3. 4. A plan of Roosevelt's that would have given the president the power to increase the number of justices from nine to 15.
  4. 5. People bought stock for a quick profit and ignored the risks.
  5. 6. From March 1933 to June 1944, Roosevelt addressed the American people in some 30 speeches broadcast via radio.
  6. 8. Succeeded (came after) Herbert Hoover as President of the United States.
  7. 10. For the needy & temporary help to the suffering and unemployed.
  8. 12. By early 1933, the _____ rate stood at 25 percent in the U.S.
  9. 13. Projects launched during the early days of the Great Depression by Herbert Hoover.
  10. 15. A series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  11. 16. Became President the same year that the Great Depression started (1929).
  12. 18. Event that consisted of around 30,000 WWI veterans meeting in Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand an early cash payment of a bonus for their volunteer service in WWI.
  13. 19. Encouraging people to buy as many goods and services as possible.