The Great Depression

[1]. A job at Ford's [automobile workers, etc.]

[2]. The road to rock bottom [farmers, veterans, etc.]

[3]. New Deal, New York [Roosevelt, LaGuardia, etc.]

[4]. We have a plan [Upton Sinclair, Social Security, etc.]

[5] Mean things happening [unions, etc.]

[6]To be somebody [civil rights, etc.]

[7]. Arsenal of democracy [defense industries, etc.].