Great depression vocab

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Across
  1. 2. An agency promoting fair labor standards, later deemed unconstitutional.
  2. 4. Provided jobs for unemployed young men on conservation projects.
  3. 5. An agency insuring bank deposits to protect savers.
  4. 9. Stock market collapse
  5. 11. Adjustment Act (AAA) A program aimed at raising crop prices by reducing agricultural production.
  6. 12. What most people believe that got the U.S. out of the depression
  7. 13. Gross domestic Product
  8. 14. A general decrease in prices, leading to reduced consumer spending and economic harm.
  9. 15. Roosevelt's order to temporarily close banks to restore confidence and prevent further runs.
Down
  1. 1. A 1935 law creating pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled.
  2. 3. Producing more goods than people can afford to buy, a factor in the economic downturn.
  3. 6. When a government spends more than it takes in as revenue.
  4. 7. A major agency employing people for public works like building roads and structures.
  5. 8. Established to regulate the stock market and protect investors
  6. 10. A period of severe drought and dust storms in the Great Plains in the 1930s.