Great Depression

2. When a bank closes because it cannot meet its financial obligations.
6. When many customers rush to withdraw their money from a bank because they fear it will fail.
7. When people buy fewer goods than businesses produce, contributing to falling sales and economic problems.
10. A widespread fear that caused investors to sell stocks rapidly and helped drive down stock prices.
11. New Deal agency that provided jobs through public projects.
16. A general increase in the prices of goods and services over time.
17. A general decrease in the prices of goods and services.
18. Makeshift communities where homeless Americans lived during the Great Depression.
19. A severe economic crisis during the 1930s that caused widespread unemployment and poverty.
20. An arrangement that allows people to buy something now and pay for it later.

1. When businesses or farms produce more goods than consumers can buy.
3. President who introduced the New Deal to address the Great Depression.
4. The condition of people who are able and willing to work but cannot find jobs.
5. Buying stocks with borrowed money.
8. October 29, 1929, the day the U.S. stock market crashed.
9. U.S. president when the Great Depression began; initially emphasized voluntary cooperation and limited direct relief to individuals.
12. A government initiative created under FDR to provide relief, promote economic recovery, or reform the economy.
13. A share of ownership in a company.
14. Region of the Great Plains devastated by drought, soil erosion, and severe dust storms during the 1930s.
15. A place where people buy and sell shares of companies.