Great Depression

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Across
  1. 3. The region of the Midwest that experienced long, arid dust storms that devastated crops and forced millions to move.
  2. 5. The October 1929 collapse of stock prices as investors rushed to sell off shares and stock prices dropped dramatically.
  3. 7. Nickname for tent villages filled with people who lost their homes or jobs.
  4. 8. One of FDR’s 1st acts as president to close all banks for 4 days while the government investigated whether they were healthy.
  5. 9. Nickname given to FDR’s radio addresses during his 4 terms as president where he would explain what his administration was doing.
Down
  1. 1. Nickname for the many New Deal agencies created by FDR’s administration with abbreviations like AAA, CCC, FDIC, WPA, etc.
  2. 2. Nickname for President Roosevelt’s ambitious program to end the Depression.
  3. 4. Program started by FDR in 1935 which provided benefits for retirees and the unemployed through a payroll tax.
  4. 6. The Tariff Act of 1930 that raised tariffs on imported goods to record levels in an attempt to save US businesses but backfired and made the Depression worse.