Across
- 2. dislike of people from other countries; similar to nativism
- 5. cause by extreme drought and overproduction of crops in the Great Plains
- 6. President Wilson used this to morally defend why the US should be active in other countries
- 7. created jobs for young men that included building roads and parks, and planting trees
- 8. WWI veterans demanded a promised "bonus" check early; Hoover shut down the march and called them "communists and criminals"
- 10. communists in Russia that overthrew the czar
- 11. provided relief and recovery for the American people during the Great Depression
- 12. President Taft used this to defend why the US should be making business ventures in other countries
- 14. FDR used this to try and appoint 8 new judges to the Supreme Court so that New Deal programs would succeed; FAILED
- 15. did basically nothing to help people during the Great Depression; believed prosperity was "just around the corner"
- 17. investing in stocks and bonds with money you already have with the hope of profiting quickly
- 18. fear of communism; created anti-immigrant sentiments
- 19. President Roosevelt used this to threaten American force to secure land holdings
- 20. provided work for writers, artists, and actors
- 22. the act of taking new land to boost a country's economy
- 23. investing in stocks and bonds with BORROWED money
- 26. claimed responsibility of the American people during the Great Depression; created the New Deal
- 27. built bridges hospitals, schools, and air fields
- 28. hated the New Deal programs because they believed the government was using too much power
- 29. a cultural, social, and artistic explosion of African American talent; created many new works of art and literature
- 30. signaled the beginning of the Great Depression
Down
- 1. created strict standards for banks to follow; regulated the stock market
- 3. supported by many women and the church; made BUYING AND SELLING alcohol illegal
- 4. created pension for retired workers as well as disabled workers and dependent families
- 9. Supreme Court case that questioned teaching evolution in the classroom; caused the public to be divided
- 13. benefitted the US because they were close to Asian markets
- 16. established Prohibition
- 21. support of and belief of Biblical ideas and morals; resisted many of the new trends in the 1920s
- 24. government's response to anti-immigration sentiments; limited immigration
- 25. repealed Prohibition because it was unsuccessful
