Across
- 3. The process of producing large numbers of goods quickly and cheaply, used by companies like Ford.
- 5. Radio addresses given by President Roosevelt to reassure and inform the American public.
- 11. Lines where struggling Americans waited for free food during the Depression.
- 12. A program that built dams to provide electricity and jobs in the South during the New Deal.
- 14. The percentage of people without jobs skyrocketed during the Great Depression.
- 15. A New Deal agency that insures bank deposits to prevent future financial panics.
- 17. A temporary closing of banks in 1933 to stop massive withdrawals and stabilize the economy.
- 21. A government agency that provided jobs in public works projects like roads and bridges.
- 23. Shantytowns built by homeless Americans during the Great Depression, named after the president many blamed for the crisis.
- 25. A neighborhood in NY which became the center of major cultural and artistic movement.
- 26. An economic slowdown that isn’t as severe as a depression.
Down
- 1. A popular fashion trend among young women in the 1920s, characterized by short dresses and bobbed hair.
- 2. A group of WWI veterans who protested in Washington, D.C., demanding their promised war bonuses.
- 4. Recovery, Reform The three main goals of the New Deal: immediate help, economic rebuilding, and financial system changes.
- 6. A manufacturing process that uses a moving conveyor belt to assemble products faster.
- 7. Secret bars where alcohol was illegally sold during Prohibition.
- 8. The day the stock market crashed in October 1929, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
- 9. The nationwide ban on alcohol from 1920 to 1933, leading to illegal speakeasies.
- 10. A culture of excessive buying and spending, encouraged by advertisements in the 1920s.
- 13. A risky practice of buying stocks with borrowed money, which led to the stock market crash.
- 16. A term used to describe the economic boom and cultural changes of the 1920s.
- 18. A severe drought and dust storms that devastated farmers in the Midwest during the 1930s.
- 19. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s set of programs aimed at economic recovery.
- 20. The government program that provides financial support to retired and unemployed Americans.
- 22. The location where stocks are bought and sold; its collapse in 1929 led to the Great Depression.
- 24. Producing more goods than people can buy, which contributed to economic collapse.
- 27. A program that provided young men with jobs in conservation and environmental projects.