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