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Free Great Depression Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)
The Great Depression began with the STOCK MARKET CRASH of October 1929 and lasted through the 1930s. This free word search covers both its causes and the response. A BANK RUN could wipe out savings overnight, UNEMPLOYMENT soared, and families stood in a BREADLINE or ate at a SOUP KITCHEN. Shantytowns of the homeless were nicknamed a HOOVERVILLE after President Hoover.
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About the Great Depression word search
On the Great Plains, years of DROUGHT turned farmland into the DUST BOWL, and many MIGRANTS, often called OKIES, headed west to California. President Franklin ROOSEVELT answered with the NEW DEAL, explained his plans in FIRESIDE CHATS on the radio and signed SOCIAL SECURITY into law in 1935. The word list runs medium and suits students from about 10 up. The answer key is on page two. Keep going in the American history word searches or the economics word searches.
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