New Deal Agencies
Across
- 3. Large-scale public works program, hired thousands of unemployed men & women, long-lasting improvements to infrastructure, education, health, agricultural land, etc.
- 4. Insured bank deposits against bank failure, up to a certain level.
- 6. hire unemployed artists to create public artworks.
- 7. Built roads in national parks & forests, assisted states with road construction, helped beautify highways, and conducted various transportation studies.
- 8. what act Established Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate radio spectrum.
- 10. Distributed surplus food and commodities to those in need.
- 12. Paid for by the CWA and operated by the U.S. Treasury.
- 13. Hired young men and women, both in and out of school, for works programs.
- 14. bring electricity to isolated rural areas.
Down
- 1. what project planted large trees in the Great Plains, to protect against wind erosion and to provide work for the unemployed.
- 2. what corporation was in charge of movement of supplies foos and services
- 4. to award grants to states for works programs to hire the unemployed and provide direct relief payments to the indigent.
- 5. Put unemployed, unskilled young men to work on rural and park improvements.
- 6. Planned river basin development based on dams and hydroelectricity.
- 9. originally called Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (TSPS) from 1934 to 1938, then Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA) from 1938 to 1939, and then finally just Section of Fine Arts (SFA, located in the newly-created Public Buildings Administration, from 1939 to 1943 .
- 11. Hired the unemployed directly and became the largest of all public works programs.