Across
- 3. Makeshift communities of homeless people during the Great Depression
- 8. Percentage of the workforce without jobs
- 9. Financial district in NYC
- 10. President known for his response to the Great Depression
- 11. severe drought and dust storms in the Great Plains
- 12. Payment to shareholders from a company's profit
- 14. Panic-induced withdrawal of funds from banks
- 15. Period of rising stock prices and investor confidence
- 16. Event marking the beginning of the Great Depression
- 17. Respiratory illness caused by inhaling dust during the Dust Bowl
- 18. Decline in agricultural output leading to economic hardship
Down
- 1. Series of government programs aimed at economic recovery
- 2. President who established the Civilian Conservation Corps
- 4. term for migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl
- 5. Period of declining stock prices and pessimism
- 6. Act Legislation allowing settlers to claim land in the West
- 7. Process by which wind carries away soil
- 11. Unfair treatment based on race, gender, or other factors
- 13. Strategy used by police to prevent migrants from entering a city