Across
- 3. Lines of people waiting to receive free food from charities during times of extreme poverty
- 5. The production of more goods than consumers can afford to buy, leading to falling prices and business losses
- 9. Shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression, named after President Herbert Hoover
- 10. Failure: When a bank closes because it cannot repay depositors or stay financially stable
Down
- 1. The condition of being without a job while actively seeking work
- 2. Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): A government agency that insures bank deposits to protect people’s money if a bank fails
- 4. Bowl: A period of severe dust storms in the 1930s caused by drought and poor farming practices that damaged farmland in the Great Plains
- 6. Market Crash (1929): A sudden and dramatic drop in stock prices in October 1929 that wiped out millions of investors and helped trigger the Great Depression
- 7. Depression: A severe worldwide economic downturn during the 1930s marked by high unemployment, business failures, and widespread poverty
- 8. Deal: A series of programs and reforms created to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression