Great Depression

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Across
  1. 1. October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
  2. 6. a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States
  3. 10. concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona
  4. 11. getting a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities than you can buy with your available cash
  5. 14. cash payments or “the dole”
  6. 15. a line of people waiting to receive free food.
  7. 16. created to protect U.S. farmers and other industries from foreign competitors
  8. 18. provided the only meals some unemployed Americans had
  9. 19. reduction of the general level of prices in an economy.
Down
  1. 2. a deprived area on the outskirts of a town consisting of large numbers of crude dwellings.
  2. 3. the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc
  3. 4. provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses
  4. 5. American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933
  5. 7. stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
  6. 8. investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
  7. 9. United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership
  8. 10. 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificate
  9. 12. the ability to borrow money or access goods or services with the understanding that you'll pay later
  10. 13. American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York
  11. 17. an area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice.