New Deal Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. _______ In ______ Act, which required the sellers of stocks and bonds to make public information about what they're selling. Enforced by FCC
  2. 5. National ____ ____ Act, a broad-reaching plan to help business back on its feet by allowing business to cooperate without fear of antitrust action. Later struck down by the Supreme Court.
  3. 6. ____ ____ Act, which set up a central body to help farmers refinance their mortgages.
  4. 8. The ____ ____ Act established a national pension for people over 65 years of age.
  5. 12. Reimplementing pieces of a previously struck down law, the ____ Act provided protections to labor unions.
  6. 14. Agricultural ______ Act, designed to combat farm overproduction by paying farmers not to grow crops
  7. 15. FDR initiated a week-long moratorium on financial activity, called the Bank ____
  8. 16. Preventative action meant to prevent future crisises
  9. 19. ____ Act, also known as the Wealth Tax Act, raised taxes on high incomes and raised gift and inheritance taxes.
  10. 20. Three-letter acronym that describes an electrification and development plan for a depressed economic region. Had disastrous environmental effects.
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  1. 1. The ____-Steagall Banking Act forced commercial banks to stop participating in the investment business.
  2. 2. ____ ____ Administration, the Second New Deal's effort to provide jobs to the unemployed
  3. 3. _____ _____ Loan Act, an analogue of another New Deal bill that helped homeowners refinance their mortgages, saving them from foreclosure.
  4. 7. Three letter acronym for the initial program of giving jobs to build public works, focused on nature
  5. 9. ____ ____ Administration, a subset of another New Deal plan, which gave more jobs to build public works, with a focus on municipal improvements
  6. 10. _____ Banking Act, which gave the president the power to temporarily close all banks and was announced in the first of FDR's fireside chats
  7. 11. The ___ ___ Standards Act set a minimum wage, 40 hour maximum work week, and paid overtime for certain professions in interstate commerce.
  8. 13. Corrective measure to revitalize an industry or system
  9. 17. Direct action meant to address an immediate problem
  10. 18. A 500 million dollar grant given to states, with the end goal of municipal projects and giving directly to the unemployed.