Across
- 3. An index of 30 large, publicly owned companies based in the United States that is often used as a barometer of the overall stock market (28 letters).
- 6. A region in the Great Plains of the United States that suffered a severe drought during the 1930s, leading to dust storms and widespread agricultural and economic damage (9 letters).
- 8. The 31st President of the United States, who served from 1929 to 1933 and was in office during the beginning of the Great Depression (13 letters).
- 10. A U.S. government agency established during the Great Depression that provided loans to banks, railroads, and other large businesses in an effort to stimulate economic growth (35 letters).
- 12. Government aid or welfare given directly to the poor and unemployed during a time of economic hardship, rather than through intermediaries such as charities or local governments (13 letters).
- 14. Four-time Governor of New York who was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1928 (14 letters).
- 17. The practice of buying and selling assets with the aim of making a profit from fluctuations in their price (11 letters).
- 18. The act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1930 that raised tariffs on thousands of imported goods, deepening the economic crisis of the Great Depression (21 letters).
- 19. The practice of buying stocks with borrowed money, using the shares themselves as collateral (14 letters).
- 20. The Wall Street crash of 1929, which occurred on October 29 of that year and marked the beginning of the Great Depression (11 letters).
Down
- 1. The severe worldwide economic depression that lasted from 1929 to 1939 and was marked by mass unemployment, bank failures, and widespread poverty (16 letters).
- 2. A line of people waiting to receive free food, usually bread, during a time of economic hardship (9 letters).
- 4. A massive concrete dam on the Colorado River, located on the border between Arizona and Nevada, that was built during the Great Depression and was renamed the Hoover Dam in 1947 (10 letters).
- 5. A place where free food is served to the needy, especially during a time of economic hardship (12 letters).
- 7. A settlement of makeshift dwellings, usually on the outskirts of a city and inhabited by people who have no permanent home or job (10 letters).
- 9. A decrease in the general price level of goods and services (9 letters).
- 11. Government subsidies or other measures to maintain the price of a commodity or service at a certain level (14 letters).
- 13. The ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future (6 letters).
- 15. A law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1932 that established a system of 12 regional banks to provide low-cost loans to member banks, which in turn could provide home mortgages and other forms of credit to consumers (25 letters).
- 16. A group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand early payment of a bonus promised to them by the government, and who were forcibly evicted from their encampment by the U.S. Army (10 letters).