Across
- 2. – President at the start of the Depression; believed in limited government help.
- 8. – Extra money you pay on a loan or earn on savings.
- 9. – Reforms giving Native Americans more rights and self-government.
- 12. – FDR’s group of expert advisers who helped design the New Deal.
- 16. – First female cabinet member; helped create Social Security.
- 18. – Civilian Conservation Corps; gave young men jobs planting trees and improving parks.
- 20. – Black Cabinet member; educator and civil rights leader.
- 23. – Place where poor families got free food during the Depression.
- 25. – FDR’s programs to fix the Depression through jobs and relief.
- 27. – New Deal program giving money to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed.
- 29. – Set minimum wage, 40-hour workweek, and banned child labor.
- 30. – Prices fall; money buys more.
- 34. – Photographer who documented Depression poverty.
- 35. – Senator who criticized FDR; wanted wealth-sharing.
- 36. – Prices rise; money buys less.
- 37. – Radio priest who attacked banks and FDR.
- 38. (FDR) – President who created the New Deal.
Down
- 1. – High tariff that worsened the Depression by reducing world trade.
- 3. – A business owned by individuals, not the government.
- 4. – Helping big businesses first so money “trickles” to workers.
- 5. – WWI veterans who protested to get their bonus early.
- 6. – Active First Lady who supported civil and women’s rights.
- 7. – Hoover’s agency that loaned money to banks and businesses.
- 10. – When the president gains more authority or control.
- 11. – 1887 law dividing Native American land into individual plots.
- 13. – Severe 1930s dust storms and drought that destroyed farms.
- 14. – Government forced Navajo to reduce sheep and goats, hurting their economy.
- 15. – Basic good that can be bought or sold (wheat, oil, etc.).
- 17. – Works Progress Administration; created jobs building roads, art, and public works.
- 19. – Short economic downturn.
- 21. – Protecting natural resources (land, water, forests).
- 22. – Government does not interfere with business.
- 24. – Era Events & Concepts
- 26. – Long, severe economic slump with high unemployment.
- 28. – Government helps citizens through programs like aid and insurance.
- 31. – African American advisers who helped FDR on racial issues.
- 32. – FDR’s failed plan to add more Supreme Court justices.
- 33. – Shantytowns for homeless people during the Depression.
