Great Depression Crossword

The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930's
The Great Plains were severely damaged by drought and dust storms in the 1930's
The value of money decreases and is usually associated with a rise in prices
The Day, October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed.
Owing money to a person, bank, stock owner, etc.
Number of people who did not have a job
31st President of the United States and was blamed for The Great Depression
A very poor area where small shacks were built from scrap materials
To take property because payments on loans were not made
32nd President of the United States and the president during The Great Depression
Hoover's belief that recovery would come through private businesses and not direct government aid to the poor
an organized system for investors with money to buy and sell shares, or blocks of investments, in corporations
October 24, 1929, traders panicked and sold 13 million shares causing stock prices to plunge
Banks suffered huge losses when farmers failed to meet loan payments. Thousands of banks across the nation closed between 1930-1933
Aid for the needy provided by charities, churches and volunteers. State and governments provided aid as well.
Federal spending to fund projects such as highways, parks and libraries to create jobs
the first lady who reached out to many people and changed the role of the first lady through her active participation
used for communication, entertainment, musical shows, dramas and comedies
A very productive time when Roosevelt's proposals for new economic progress were quickly approved by Congress. New laws were passed by Congress that were called the New Deal
a program creaed by Roosevelt to create jobs for the unemployed. the program gave needy people government jobs.
farm workers who moved to California after the Dust Bowl and moved from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables
many migrant workers came from Oklahoma and were called Okies
a political philosophy that holds the individual second to the nation and advocates government by dictatorship.
WWI veterans who marched to DC during the summer of 1932 to demand their bonus
the name used to describe the evening radio talks by FDR
The ideas that FDR came up with (that Congress approved) to help solve the problems of the Great Depression
shares of ownership in a company which can be bought or sold for money
money the government gives to a person or company so that they will eventually help others
FDR's advisors during the Depression
money paid to a person on a regular basis, usually after they retire