Across
- 2. Progress Administration (WPA) - A New Deal program that provided jobs for millions during the Great Depression.
- 3. Army - A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C., to demand early payment of their bonuses.
- 8. Tariff - A protective tariff enacted to shield American businesses but worsened the global economic crisis.
- 9. Conservation Corps (CCC) - A public work relief program that employed young men in environmental projects.
- 11. Tuesday - The day the stock market crashed on October 29, 1929.
- 13. Valley Authority (TVA) - A New Deal agency that aimed to provide navigation, flood control, and electricity generation.
Down
- 1. Boys - Nine African American teenagers wrongfully accused of raping two white women, highlighting racial injustice.
- 4. Court Packing - A controversial plan by President Roosevelt to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
- 5. Trust - A group of advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 6. Individualism - The belief in self-reliance and personal initiative.
- 7. Security - A program established to provide financial assistance to the elderly and unemployed.
- 10. - The period between the end of one government and the beginning of another.
- 12. Bowl - A severe drought that affected the Midwest, leading to massive dust storms and agricultural collapse.