The Great Depression Crossword

Homeless person
A serial drama on the radio using melodramatic situations
A system for buying and selling shares in a corporation
A long period of rising stock prices
Minor officer of the courts
Buying stock on by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
A day in which the Stock Market had taken the steepest dive yet - nearly 16 million shares were sold.
Demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
Buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to pay off the value of the good
Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise
Persistent and heavy demands from a bank's depositors, creditors, or customers
When a great drought struck the midwest, neither grass nor wheat was able to grow to hold the rain, drying out the soil
To take possession of a property from a mortgagor because of defaults on payments
Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
Aid for the needy; Welfare