Maria's New Deal Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Acronym of effort to electrify and empower a depressed Southern state
- 6. Acronym of industrial cornerstone of New Deal; encourages business collaboration
- 7. __ Act; imposed extreme taxes on incomes over $1 million
- 8. Acronym of massive program to end joblessness; unemployed work to restore environment
- 9. Acronym of act that initiated bank holiday and restored public confidence in banks
- 12. __ Act; national program that used payroll tax to insurance retired/needy
- 15. __ Act; forced commercial banks to cease engagement in investing
- 17. __ Act; centralized farm credit services and financed farm mortgages
- 19. Acronym of major aid effort; government gives $5 million to states for needy civilians
Down
- 1. __ Act; educated public on the use and sale of their personal information
- 2. The restoring and rebuilding of major institutions
- 4. "Popular Front"; strengthened communities by employing young people to create public art
- 5. __ Administration; unemployed are hired to build roads, hospitals, etc.
- 10. FDR's solution to excessive withdrawals by purposely closing banks
- 11. Changing systems with new legislation to prevent future problems
- 13. Direct financial and employment aid
- 14. __ Act; allowed for broader union rights and guarded against unjust employer practices
- 16. Acronym of agricultural cornerstone; government pays farmers to plow under crops
- 18. A practice that the Fair Labor Standards Act outlawed