Chapter 22 and 23 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A long period of rising prices
  2. 6. Four-time governor of New York and first Roman Catholic ever nominated to run for president
  3. 7. Buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to pay off the value of the good
  4. 10. Government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes, usually an attempt to boost the economy
  5. 13. To take possession of a property from a mortgagor because of defaults on payments
  6. 14. Making only a small down payment to own stock and the rest as a loan
  7. 15. Role of the government to work out conflicts among competing interest groups
  8. 21. A law requiring workers and employers to pay a tax; the money provides a monthly stipend for retired people
  9. 22. Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that prices will rise
  10. 23. Nickname given to shantytowns in the United States during the Depression
  11. 26. A system for buying and selling shares of companies
  12. 27. Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
  13. 28. Private charities set up to give poor people a meal
  14. 30. An economically depressed section of town consisting of crudely built dwellings usually made of wood
  15. 31. War veterans outside of Washington petitioning to get their full bonus
Down
  1. 1. Comic star of stage and screen
  2. 2. A serial drama on television or radio using melodramatic situations
  3. 4. Demanding investors repay their loans at once
  4. 5. Process whereby a neutral party hears arguments from two opposing sides and make a decision that both must accept
  5. 8. Something that provides security against misfortune; specifically, government relief programs intended to protect against economic disaster
  6. 9. Novelist that produced "The Grapes of Wrath"
  7. 11. Method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment
  8. 12. Name given to the area of the southern Great Plains severely damaged by droughts and dust storms during the 1930s
  9. 16. Aid for the needy, welfare
  10. 17. Day that stocks lost $10 to $15 billion in value.
  11. 18. Minor officer of the courts
  12. 19. A monetary standard in which one ounce of god equaled a set number of dollars
  13. 20. Radio broadcasts made by FDR to the American people to explain his initiatives
  14. 24. Lines to receive a free handout of food
  15. 25. Produced the first feature-length animated film
  16. 29. A homeless and usually penniless wanderer