The Great Depression and Dust Bowl

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Across
  1. 3. The Dust Bowl resulted in the rise of what types of farms?
  2. 4. WWI veterans descend upon Washington DC in hopes of getting a promised bonus early
  3. 6. If a company doesn't have money to operate, they go what?
  4. 7. What year was the worst of the Depression?
  5. 10. 1930 legislation that raised tariff as high as 55%
  6. 12. Aside from being entertaining, a movie also served as a _______ from the harsh realities of everyday life
  7. 13. example of a board game invented during the 1930s
  8. 15. Democratic Party nominee in 1932 Presidential election (and eventual winner)
  9. 22. The government dammed western rivers to provide what?
  10. 24. tax on imports
  11. 26. brother comedy troupe whose films always showed the little guy beating snobby, upper crust society
  12. 27. In relation to the Panama Canal, how much dirt was displaced during the Dust Bowl?
  13. 28. what was left on the ground after the grass was cleared?
  14. 29. Famous child star whose films uplifted a nation
  15. 32. The 1920s saw an increase in wealth ___________ which is the disparity between rich and poor.
  16. 33. What happens to the price of a stock when there is great supply, but little to no demand?
  17. 34. Projects funded by the government to provide infrastructure
  18. 35. name for migrants from the Dust Bowl regions
  19. 36. Farmers producing more crops to make up for the drop in price did what to prices?
Down
  1. 1. Economic theory that believes lowering taxes on the wealthiest people will create new business opportunities which leads to more jobs for the lower classes
  2. 2. Public works project that provides power to California, Nevada and Arizona
  3. 5. The year of the stock market crash
  4. 8. How many tons of dust could a single storm carry?
  5. 9. when people went to the banks to withdraw their money and the banks ran out of money
  6. 11. FDR's fifth cousin
  7. 14. The nickname for the day the stock market crashed
  8. 16. young men living as hobos, sneaking on trains to travel America in search of work were doing what?
  9. 17. Which government agency oversaw the stock market at the start of the Depression to prevent bad practices?
  10. 18. FDR's other famous relative
  11. 19. capitalism with free trade and no government involvement
  12. 20. nicknames for shantytowns during the Great Depression
  13. 21. President at the outbreak of the Great Depression
  14. 23. Where was the drought that led to the Dust Bowl?
  15. 25. President Hoover felt that government aid would _______ individual initiative
  16. 26. Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miler were all examples of popular what?
  17. 30. The secret to success in the stock market is to buy low and sell
  18. 31. lowest income needed to sustain basic needs like food and shelter