The Great Depression

2. World War I veterans who protested in Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of a promised bonus.
6. October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
8. Young women in the 1920s who embraced new fashions and social freedoms.
10. A 1928 international agreement that aimed to outlaw war but lacked enforcement mechanisms.
12. A major government corruption scandal involving oil reserves and bribery during Harding’s presidency.
13. A severe drought in the Great Plains during the 1930s that forced many farmers to migrate.
14. A term describing the 1920s, highlighting the rise of jazz music and cultural change.
15. Henry Ford’s affordable car, mass-produced using the assembly line.

1. People who illegally produced, transported, or sold alcohol during Prohibition.
3. A return to stability and prosperity, as promised by Warren G. Harding.
4. A New Deal program providing financial assistance to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed.
5. FDR’s unsuccessful proposal to expand the Supreme Court to gain support for his policies.
7. The economic idea that tax cuts for the wealthy would benefit all by stimulating business investment.
9. The nationwide ban on alcohol from 1920 to 1933, enforced by the 18th Amendment.
11. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s series of programs designed to combat the Great Depression.