Roosevelt's Alphabet Soup of Alphabet Agencies
Across
- 4. Created to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 6. Created to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 8. Provided federal funds for relief projects to aid the unemployed. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 9. A public work relief program that provided jobs for young men during the Great Depression. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 10. An agency that employed millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was implemented in the year 1935.
- 11. Established to improve housing standards and conditions and to provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgage loans. It was implemented in the year 1934.
- 12. Created to maintain public confidence and encourage stability in the financial system through the insurance of deposits. It was implemented in the year 1933.
Down
- 1. Established to regulate the stock market and prevent fraud. It was implemented in the year 1934.
- 2. Aimed to stimulate business recovery through fair-practice codes during the Great Depression. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 3. Designed to reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings. It was implemented in the year 1933.
- 5. Established a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. It was implemented in the year 1935.
- 7. Created to provide affordable electricity to rural areas. It was implemented in the year 1935.