Great Depression

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Across
  1. 2. a homeless wanderer
  2. 3. projects built using public funds for public use
  3. 5. the great plains went through a terrible time of drought and earned the nickname of
  4. 7. painted American Gothic
  5. 9. Hoover's belief that the government should not step in to help the American people and that they should rely on themselves to get through hard times
  6. 11. Marx Brothers film title
  7. 13. WWI veterans went to Washington DC to lobby congress to receive their WWI bonuses early
  8. 14. won the election of 1928
  9. 16. a long period of rising stock prices
  10. 18. October 24th 1929 is known as
  11. 19. buying stocks at great risk betting they will continue to rise
  12. 20. lots of people try to take their money out of the bank at the same time
Down
  1. 1. famous photojournalist of the time period who took pictures of regular people affected by the Great Depression
  2. 4. a system of buying and selling stocks
  3. 6. first feature length animated film by Walt Disney
  4. 8. decides the interest rates in this country
  5. 10. 1st African American to win an academy award
  6. 12. aid for people which could be money or supplies
  7. 15. migrants from Oklahoma moving to find work
  8. 17. buying stock by paying a fraction of the cost while borrowing the rest