Across
- 3. begain in 1935; was FDR's second wave of programs to help restore the American economy
- 6. provided jobs for single males on conservation projects
- 11. provided a pension for retired workers and their families
- 14. Name given to the government programs established to alleviate problems Americans were facing in the Great Depression
- 15. President of the USA at the onset of the Great Depression; he believed in 'rugged individualism'
- 16. Large wind storms that picked up top soil from the midwest during the 1930's; caused many to move from their homes
- 18. The event that marked the perceived start of the Great Depression
- 20. This said that the President of the United States could only serve two terms
- 21. Failure of this system left people with no confidence in the economy and no money in their life savings
- 23. supervised the country's Stock Commission exchanges and eliminated dishonest practices
- 24. The main goal of the New Deal was to provide unemployed Americans with these
- 25. Californian; said FDF was not doing enough to help the poor and elderly
Down
- 1. defined unfair labor practices and established the NLRB
- 2. protected bank deposits up to $5,000
- 4. The three "R's" that sum up the themes of the New Deal
- 5. provided job training for unemployed youth
- 7. aided farmers and regulated crop production
- 8. quickly created jobs - from construction projects to symphony orchestras
- 9. developed the resources of the Tennessee Valley (hydroelectric production)
- 10. established fair competition codes and voluntary guidelines for minimum wage and 40 hr. work week.
- 12. During the 1920's, more people began to buy goods on this rather than with actual cash
- 13. critic of FDR; preached the "share the wealth" ideology; Louisiana governor
- 17. Shantytowns full of rundown shacks that were homes of those who were unemployed during the depression
- 19. NY governor who won the 1932 Presidential election
- 22. WWI vets who demanded their promised money be paid to them early