Module 9 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates.
  2. 9. an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928.
  3. 11. a place or mobile stall where food and drink, esp soup, is served to destitute people.
  4. 13. a United States federal law passed under President Herbert Hoover in order to lower the cost of home ownership.
  5. 15. allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans.
  6. 16. a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
  7. 17. a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses.
  8. 18. serve disadvantaged populations living in medically under-served communities throughout the world.
  9. 19. a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Down
  1. 1. a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States.
  2. 2. share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
  3. 3. when consumer and asset prices decrease over time, and purchasing power increases.
  4. 4. an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world.
  5. 5. getting a loan from your brokerage and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities than you can buy with your available cash.
  6. 6. a line of people waiting to receive free food.
  7. 7. a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood.
  8. 8. harnessed the power of the Colorado River for the public good.
  9. 10. the purchase of an asset with the hope that it will become more valuable shortly.
  10. 12. an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
  11. 14. prices that are set above the market equilibrium price by the government and are kept there through government purchases of surplus goods.