The Thirties

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Across
  1. 4. The event of the stock market crash
  2. 6. slang for an attractive female
  3. 7. Gave more than a billion dollars of government loans to railroads and large businesses
  4. 9. Gave unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs
  5. 14. When FDR tried to put more judges in the Supreme Court
  6. 15. Refugees from the Dust Bowl
  7. 17. In 1921 what was FDR diagnosed with
  8. 18. Advised the president and campaigned racial equality
  9. 19. Provided jobs for more than 2 million young men
  10. 21. Recognized the rights of employees to join labor union
  11. 22. Government efforts to encourage Mexican immigrants to return to Mexico
  12. 23. During the 1920's which part of the nosiness cycle did the economy go through?
  13. 24. African American leaders who advised the president
  14. 27. Unions used _______ to achieve goals
  15. 31. established minimum wage and minimum prices goods could be sold for
  16. 32. Government agency that built a series of dams
  17. 33. Act that sought to end over production and raise crop prices
  18. 35. To deal with the banking crisis FDR passed
  19. 38. Putting money in the consumers' hands so they can buy goods and stimulate the economy
  20. 39. Agricultural workers who do not own their own land
  21. 44. A type of strike against General Motors that was 44 days
  22. 46. Makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks
  23. 47. Slang term for cigarette
  24. 48. During the Great Depression did consumers spend the most
Down
  1. 1. Storm over the southern Great Plains that ruined all farming land
  2. 2. Gave Indians greater control over their affairs
  3. 3. A government that is responsible for the welfare of certain citizens
  4. 5. Wrote The Childrens Hour
  5. 8. The theory money that is invested in business will also reach the workers
  6. 10. General who ordered federal troops to attack protestors with tear gas
  7. 11. Slang for an average guy
  8. 12. The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 prevented
  9. 13. Paid artist to paint large murals
  10. 16. A risky stock purchase
  11. 20. Policy where problems could be solved at state levels and locally
  12. 24. World War 1 veterans who marched on Washington
  13. 25. Slang for "Very good"
  14. 26. President when the stock market crashed
  15. 28. A place where families could get free food scraps
  16. 29. Period from 1929 to 1941 in which the economy failed
  17. 30. British economist who argued deficit spending was needed to end the depression
  18. 34. A way people escaped from the Depression
  19. 36. Periodic growth and contraction of the economy
  20. 37. Built and improved highways, dredging rivers, and promoted conservation
  21. 40. A group that experienced and early depression in the early 1920's
  22. 41. Main form of entertainment
  23. 42. Wrote The Grapes of Wrath
  24. 43. Democratic president elected in 1932
  25. 45. Insured bank deposits up to $5000
  26. 46. Louisiana Senator that introduced the "Share Our Wealth" program