Across
- 4. A severe worldwide economic downturn that lasted from 1929 until the late 1930s, characterized by high unemployment and widespread poverty.
- 6. An alliance of groups or parties (often political) formed to achieve a common goal
- 7. A government program established in 1935 that provides financial assistance to retirees, disabled individuals, and survivors of deceased workers.
- 9. A form of protest in which workers stop working but remain in their workplace
- 11. A period during the 1930s when severe drought and poor agricultural practices led to massive dust storms in the Great Plains
- 14. A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, not quite as bad as a depression
- 15. Shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression
Down
- 1. The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that repealed Prohibition, allowing the sale and consumption of alcohol again in 1933.
- 2. A 1935 law that established the right of workers to organize unions and engage in collective bargaining.
- 3. A high tariff enacted in 1930 that raised taxes on many imports to the country
- 5. The day, October 29, 1929, when the stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
- 8. A series of programs and policies implemented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s
- 10. A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. in 1932
- 12. A situation where a large number of customers withdraw their deposits simultaneously due to fears that the bank will shut down
- 13. An auction where items were sold for very low prices