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The Great Depression and Recession Crossword Puzzle
Crossword
Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across: 1. a generous person who donates to promote human welfare 4. the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the US occurred in October of 1929 5. period when business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity 7. period of dry weather 9. region of the Great Plains where there were enormous dust storms in the 1930’s 13. one of the largest drops in stock market history; start of the Great Depression 14. person who settles on land without title, right, or payment of rent 15. principles from President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms 16. collection of shacks at the edge of a city that housed unemployed during the 1930’s
Down: 2. someone who illegally hitches a ride on a railroad freight car 3. U.S. federal agency that relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government 6. act of government that will provide economic stimuli intended to boost the economy 8. center that collects food and distributes it to the needy 10. the number of people who are involuntarily unemployed 11. offensive slang for a migrant worker from the south-center US who looked for work in the West during the 1930’s 12. one who wanders from place to place without a permanent home
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