New Deal Project Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Hired thousands from one of the poorest regions in the country to build dams, operate power plants, control flooding and erosion, etc.
  2. 4. Employed young men on projects on federal land and paid their families small monthly sums.
  3. 6. 40 hour workweek, outlawed child labor and set minimum wage.
  4. 9. Guaranteed individual bank deposits up to $5000.
  5. 12. Authorized government to examine the finances of banks closed during the bank holiday and reopen them if they're judged to be sound.
  6. 13. Regulates the stock market.
  7. 14. Replaced labor provisions of NIRA.
  8. 15. Encouraged farms to reduce production by offering to pay government subsidifer every acre they plowed under.
  9. 16. Alloted money to state and local governments for building roads, bridges, dams, and other public works.
Down
  1. 1. Offered grants of federal $ to states and local governments that were operating soup kitchens and other forms of relief.
  2. 3. Provided low interest farm loans and mortgages to foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers.
  3. 5. Spent billions of dollars to provide people with jobs.
  4. 7. Attempted to guarantee reasonable profits for businesses and wages for workers.
  5. 8. Created a federal insurance program based on automatic collection of taxes from employees and employers throughout their careers.
  6. 10. Took up to 75% of highest earners salaries.
  7. 11. Provided loans for electric cooperatives to provide power in rural areas.