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  1. 2. Initials of president who created the New Deal
  2. 6. Two immigrants who, although they were most likely guilty, did not receive a fair trial and were executed.
  3. 7. Majority of Americans went weekly to see this form of entertainment
  4. 9. Lowest day of the stock market before the crash.
  5. 10. Name of movement that promoted black culture.
  6. 16. Farmers destroyed their crops because they had a ________ which would cause deflation
  7. 17. Henry Ford made this affordable to the American public creating Car Culture.
  8. 18. The belief that some people were less evolved and it was justified to treat them differently
  9. 23. Women who gained independence through challenging social norms with new fashion, dance, smoking, and drinking.
  10. 25. 2nd step of the New Deal to help rebuild the economy and workforce
  11. 27. The movement of Millions of African Americans from the South to escape racism
  12. 28. People panicked and rushed to this location to get their money causing it to fail.
  13. 29. Organization that is Anti-Immigration and Lynched people of color
Down
  1. 1. FDR spoke to the American people through this device during the Great Depression
  2. 2. Belief that women should be treated equal to men.
  3. 3. Name given to laws that segregated and disenfranchised people of color.
  4. 4. Amendment women earned suffrage through protest.
  5. 5. Shanty towns pieced together from trash by those who lost their jobs.
  6. 8. The act of purchasing goods on credit
  7. 10. Unemployed professionals who hitched rides on trains to find jobs
  8. 11. 1st step of the New Deal to provide immediate help
  9. 12. "Secret" clubs where middle class would go to illegally drink.
  10. 13. The belief that people inherited traits through genetics. Used to promote racism and elitism.
  11. 14. Fear of Communists coming to the United States, forming unions, and overthrowing the government.
  12. 15. When prices fall because of a surplus or there is not enough demand for a good or service.
  13. 19. American Gangster who ran organized crime in Chicago, bootlegged, responsible for the Valentines Massacre and the first soup kitchen, jailed for tax evasion, and died of syphilis.
  14. 20. The result of unsustainable farming practices and a drought.
  15. 21. Middle class invested their money here before it crashed
  16. 22. Music people of color invented in the 1920’s
  17. 24. 3rd step of the New Deal to prevent another Depression from happening
  18. 26. Amendment women protested for prohibition