Across
- 7. role of the government to work out conflicts among competing interest groups
- 9. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
- 11. a monetary system in which the value of currency is defined in terms of gold
- 16. persistent and heavy demands by a bank’s depositors, creditors, or customers to withdraw money
- 17. something that promotes well-being or is a useful aid
- 19. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
- 21. process whereby a neutral party hears arguments from two opposing sides and makes a decision that both must accept
- 25. an index, or tool, that measures the performance of the stocks of 30 large companies
- 26. abbreviated term for poliomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscles, often resulting in permanent disability and deformity
- 27. radio broadcasts made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans
- 28. the act of changing the political balance of power in a nation’s judiciary system whereby a nation leader, such as the president, appoints judges who will rule in favor of his or her policies
Down
- 1. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments
- 2. an agent who negotiates an exchange between buyer and seller
- 3. to cover financial losses
- 4. to attempt to resolve conflict between hostile people or groups
- 5. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
- 6. a mosaic flooring that has pieces of marble or granite set in mortar and is then highly polished
- 8. buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
- 10. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
- 12. government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes to boost the economy
- 13. a dam that is curved upstream in order to transmit the major part of the water load to the abutments, or the part of a structure that directly receives pressure
- 14. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
- 15. something that provides security against misfortune; specifically government relief programs intended to protect against economic disaster
- 17. closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs
- 18. method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment
- 20. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds or public use
- 22. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
- 23. minor officers of the courts
- 24. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise