The Great Depression Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The state of having no job, affected millions
  2. 4. WWI veterans who marched for early pension payment
  3. 7. Risky investment in stocks for quick profit
  4. 9. A period of economic decline, milder than depression
  5. 11. Shantytowns named after President Hoover
  6. 12. Region of severe drought and dust storms
  7. 13. Place where free meals were provided to the poor
  8. 15. Movement of people seeking jobs and better living
  9. 16. Spending more money than the government receives
Down
  1. 1. Government projects to provide jobs
  2. 2. President who led during the Great Depression
  3. 5. Long and severe downturn in the economy
  4. 6. Many of these closed, losing people’s savings
  5. 8. When many withdraw savings fearing bank collapse
  6. 10. Act passed to support elderly and unemployed
  7. 14. The place where shares are bought and sold, crashed in 1929