| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Textile | These mills operated at a loss (made less money than it cost to operate them) |
| Went down | What happened to farmer's incomes |
| This railroad went bankrupt | Seaboard |
| Failed | Banks did this in the Depression |
| Scrip | An IOU that was used to pay state employees |
| One in four | Number of South Carolinians unemployed in Depression |
| Charities | Provided meals to those who had nothing to eat |
| Salvation Army | A private charity that could not meet needs of poor people during Depression |
| The South | The only area of the U.S. where the birth rate increased during Depression |
| Went from town to town | How families found work |
| From farms to cities | Where many people moved in the Depression |
| Out of state | Blacks and Whites moved _____?____ to find work. |
| Church | Many more people attende these |
| Monopoly | The board game that folks who could afford to buy it played for entertainment |
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