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Down: 1) Government agency that dealt with the industrial sector of the economy; it allowed fair competition.3) October 29, 1929: the stock market crashed.5) Provided jobs for young men to plant trees and build bridges7) Charged high taxes for imports, leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with severe economic retaliation.11) The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s.13) Guaranteed retirement payments for elderly workers beginning at age 67.17) During this period in the 1920s, people bought more, invested in business, and industry grew.18) All the banks were ordered to close until new laws could be passed. Across: 2) Insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government.4) A period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices.6) The Great Plains were severely damaged by drought and dust storms in the 1930s.8) The three goals of FDR’s New Deal.9) Hired millions of unemployed people to build things like roads, bridges, post offices, and parks.10) People bought stocks on the chance of a quick profit but ignored the risk; led to the stock market crash of 1929.12) Paid farmers not to grow certain crops14) 31st president of the United States, in office from 1929–1933, Republican, blamed for the Great Depression.15) October 24, 1929: traders panicked and sold 13 million shares, causing stock prices to plunge.16) A relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs building dams and power plants across the Tennessee Valley.19) A 1935 law that guarantees workers the right to collective bargaining, protects unions, and created the NLRB.20) Purchasing stock on credit with little money down and the promise of paying the balance at some point in the future.21) Thousands of WWI veterans who insisted on immediate payment of their bonus certificates marched on Washington in 1932; violence ensued when Hoover ordered their tent villages cleared.22) A work stoppage in which workers shut down all machines and refuse to leave a factory until their demands are met.
 

 

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