Great Depression

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Across
  1. 2. FDR ordered that gold will no longer be used and instead what?
  2. 5. What were the shanty towns of the homeless and unemployed called?
  3. 7. what "R" established programs that are still around today? (These programs were created to prevent another depression)
  4. 9. was paid to write the novel, "The Grapes of Wrath" which depicts farmers during the Dust Bowl
  5. 12. This program was created to watch over the stock market, prevent fraud from happening again.
  6. 15. law passed by Congress to send back thousands of Mexican American citizens to Mexico
  7. 19. The veterans who marched on Washington in support of the Veterans' Bonus Bill, were nicknamed
  8. 20. one cause of the depression was the amount of products not sold by businesses because of the assembly line
  9. 22. This Supreme Court case ___________v. U.S. (1937) founded the NRA unconstitutional.
  10. 24. took pictures of farmers on the Great Plains during the Depression
  11. 25. what "R" was for quick-short term action?
  12. 27. This FDR critic wanted to give citizens over 65 years old a check for $200 a month.
Down
  1. 1. This occurred on the Great Plains. It was caused by dry farming techniques and strong winds.
  2. 3. The Fair Labor Standards Act provided that workers can only work 40 hours in a week and also for ...
  3. 4. FDR used this method, it printed more money and released it into the economy so people could then spend the money and businesses can continue hiring.
  4. 6. eyes and ears of FDR and helped African Americans
  5. 8. Roosevelt attempted to fill the Supreme Court with six more judges. This is known as?
  6. 10. This program was for young men between 17-29 to live in camps and plant trees on the Great Plains
  7. 11. What occurred between 1929 to 1940 (the start of WW11)
  8. 13. How did FDR communicate to the American people
  9. 14. This program was for farmers to stop growing crops and the government will pay them
  10. 16. Hoover didn't help the American people until it was too late. He believed they could do it themselves if they worked hard enough
  11. 17. This "R" is to fix the economy.
  12. 18. October 29, 1929 is known as what? (the stock market crashed this day)
  13. 19. one cause of the depression was paying only 10% of the stocks
  14. 21. This caused for the states to adopt their own programs to help the poor.
  15. 23. "King Fish" a critic of the New Deal who believed each American family should receive $5,000 paid by taxing the rich
  16. 26. One of the most important programs was help for the elderly and unemployment. (Reform)
  17. 27. This program insures peoples money in banks
  18. 28. A critic of the New Deal was Charles __ who believed the government should nationalize all banks