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- 4. The money was used to pay monthly pensions to ______ people.
- 5. By 1929, 75 percent of _______ lived in poverty.
- 7. was especially popular.
- 8. The region became known as the ______.
- 12. Some women started businesses, such as doing laundry for others. More women began to work in _________.
- 15. The united states slid into an ______ called the great depression
- 18. Most people during the dust bowl left _______ to head for California.
- 19. many _____ were forced to look for work.
- 20. Many people supported the _____, but the business world did not.
Down
- 1. In _____ 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act. It placed a tax on workers and employers.
- 2. During the _______, entertainment and the arts had two different purposes. They helped people forget about their problems. They also showed the injustice and suffering that people were facing.
- 3. In _____, Congress created the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It gave jobs to about 2 million people.
- 6. People listened to daytime dramas called ______ and to variety shows. Millions of people went to movies, like The Wizard of Oz, to escape from their worries.
- 9. President _____ believed that the economy would improve soon.
- 10. In 1931 the ______ experienced a drought.
- 11. Many moved to _______ and became migrant workers.
- 13. _____ farmers had to give up their farms.
- 14. For example, President ______ appointed Frances Perkins to serve in his cabinet. During the Depression, a disaster hit the Great Plains region. Farmers in these states had cleared millions of acres of grasslands to plant wheat.
- 16. The ______ improved a little by the mid- 1930's, but the Great Depression continued. In 1935 Roosevelt created a new set of programs, often called the Second New Deal.
- 17. It also helped people with disabio prlities and children whose parents could not support them. It also provided for unemployment insurance. payments to people who have lost their ____.
- 19. The ____ also gave jobs to unemployed artists and writers.