Great Depression

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Across
  1. 6. President elected during the Great Depression . Promised the country a "New Deal"
  2. 8. Law that established pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and aid to the disabled
  3. 10. Series of laws, programs, and gov't agencies enacted to help the country deal with the Great Depression
Down
  1. 1. Drought, overproduction of goods, bank failures, stock speculation, and consumer debt
  2. 2. Places where hungry people could get a free meal
  3. 3. A long term downturn in economic activity, an extremely long and harsh recession
  4. 4. Name given to 20,000 WWl veterans who marched on Washington, DC in 1932 demanding their bonus pay from the gov't
  5. 5. Central banking system of the US that serves as a safety net for country
  6. 7. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
  7. 9. Taxes on imports