The Great Depression Crossword

Period lasting from 1929-1941 in which the U.S. economy faltered and unemployment soared.
October 29, 1929 when stock prices fell sharply in the Great Crash.
President of the U.S. from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
Term used for the central and southern Great Plains during the 1930s, when the region suffered from drought and dust storms.
Programs and legislation pushed by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression tp promote economic recovery and social reform.
1935 law that set up a pension system for retirees, established unemployment insurance, created insurance for victims of work related accidents, and provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind, and the disabled.
General term used to describe Dust Bowl refugees.
Informal radio broadcasts in which President Roosevelt explained his view of issues at hand (including the Depression).
Government agency created during the New Deal that ensures bank deposits, guaranteeing the depositors' money will be safe.
Government agency created during the New Deal to build dams in the Tennessee River valley to control flooding and generate electric power.
New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control.
New Deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, and wages.
New Deal law that abolished unfair labor unions, and gave workers the right to collective bargaining.
1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum work week of 44 hours, and outlawed child labor.
President Roosevelt's plan to add six new justices to the nine-member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled some New Deal laws to be unconstitutional.
An American documentary photographer known for her portraits of displaced farmers and others suffering economic hardship during the Great Depression.
An American novelist who frequently wrote about migratory farmworkers and other laborers during the Great Depression.
The continuous rise in price of goods and services.
Joblessness
A period during which business, employment, and stock market values decline severely or remain at a low level of activity.
Purchasing stock with little money, promising that you will pay it back later.
A payment plan that allows customers to make payments at set intervals over a period of time until the total debt if paid off.
A system for buying and selling shares of companies.