Across
- 7. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
- 11. minor officers of the courts
- 13. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polished
- 15. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
- 17. radio broadcasts made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans
- 18. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
- 19. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs
- 20. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
Down
- 1. a long period of rising stock prices
- 2. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
- 3. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
- 4. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
- 5. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments, or the part of a structure that directly receives pressure
- 6. persistent and heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
- 8. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
- 9. such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
- 10. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
- 12. abbreviated term for ploiomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disablilty and deformity
- 14. act of buying stocks at great risks with the anticipation that the prices will rise
- 16. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit