1920s Boom to Bust Review

Edit Answers
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940
Across
  1. 1. Economic collapse beginning in 1929
  2. 4. Republican candidate who defeated Al Smith in 1928
  3. 6. Author associated with the "Lost Generation"
  4. 8. Lines where unemployed people received free food
  5. 11. Secret clubs where alcohol was sold illegally during Prohibition
  6. 12. FDR's plan to relieve, recover and reform the economy
  7. 13. Author of The Great Gatsby
  8. 16. Government jobs program that employed millions during the New Deal
  9. 17. President who promised a "return to normalcy"
  10. 19. Period of rising stock prices in the 1920's
  11. 20. Controversial attempt by FDR to add justices to the Supreme Court
  12. 21. Poet of the Harlem Renaissance
  13. 22. Cultural movement celebrating African American art, music and literature
  14. 23. Treaty that outlawed war as a means of resolving conflict
  15. 28. New York City neighborhood known for artists and writers
  16. 29. Famous aviator who flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean
  17. 30. Popular payment system that encouraged consumer debt ("buy now, ____ ____")
  18. 34. Heavyweight boxing champion of the 1920's
  19. 36. Photographer who took the Migrant Mother photograph
  20. 37. Amendment that banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol
  21. 38. Protest march by World War I Veterans
  22. 39. Makeshift communities built by the homeless during the Great Depression
  23. 40. Author of The Grapes of Wrath
Down
  1. 2. Harding Era political scandal group
  2. 3. First movie with sound
  3. 5. Silent film star known for physical comedy
  4. 7. Jazz musician known for his trumpet playing and gravelly voice
  5. 9. Program that provided retirement pensions to Americans
  6. 10. Policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs
  7. 14. New Deal program that insured bank deposits
  8. 15. Baseball legend nicknamed "The Sultan of Swat"
  9. 18. First major New Deal banking law
  10. 24. Migrants who fled the Dust Bowl
  11. 25. Day the stock market crashed in October 1929
  12. 26. Young women who challenged traditional gender roles in the 1920's
  13. 27. FDR's radio addresses to the American public
  14. 31. Famous Chicago gangster during Prohibition
  15. 32. Severe drought that hit the Great Plains
  16. 33. Famous female swimmer who crossed the English Channel
  17. 35. Nickname of President Calvin Coolidge