The Great Depression

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A shortage of rainfall (7)
  2. 5. A ___ between the allies and the Central Powers from 1914 to 1918 (8)
  3. 9. 31st President of the United States (13)
  4. 10. A plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing (plural) (9)
  5. 12. Small military unit (7)
  6. 13. The organized action of making of goods and services for sale (8)
  7. 15. The activity of persuading someone to buy (4)

Down

  1. 1. A region subject to ___ storms (8)
  2. 3. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (5)
  3. 4. An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional ___ (11)
  4. 6. A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through (11)
  5. 7. Elected leader of a country (9)
  6. 8. Coins and bills used to buy things (5)
  7. 11. A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages (3)
  8. 14. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air (4)