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