Across
- 2. Military forces that oversee actions in si geographic nations and special task commands
- 4. Bureau of the Department of Treasury
- 5. Unified the country’s private railroads and the government owns all of its preferred stock
- 7. Leads the federal government’s response to natural disasters
- 8. Oversees pension payments to veterans and offers benefits to the U.S. veterans
- 9. Provides assistance, information, and loans to small businesses
- 10. Investigates threats of terrorism and foreign intrigue against the country
- 11. Carries out the delivery of the mail and maintains thousands of post offices around the country
- 12. Awards competitive grants to researchers
- 14. Certifies the quality of foods and cosmetics sold in America and approves new prescription drugs
- 15. Regulates communication by radio, television, telephone, telegraph, satellite, cable, and the Internet
- 16. Charges fees to the investors who buy the loan packages
- 17. Third executive department created during the first term of George Washington
- 18. Protects the oil reserves in Alaska
- 20. Conducts elections by workers at a company when the workers request it to determine whether a majority wants a union to represent them
- 21. Conducts the legal business of the U.S. government
- 23. Watchdog agency to ensure that federal offices and personnel stay within the law and budget guidelines
- 24. Coordinates the intelligence-gathering work of the government
- 25. Began during the New Deal and insures mortgages that private banks make to homeowners
- 27. Private company that delivers packages
- 28. Coordinates the government’s efforts to make the country safe
Down
- 1. Oversees the practices of railroads
- 2. Inspects and grades foods the U.S. farmers produce or importers bring into the country
- 3. Issues weather forecasts and disseminates weather data gathered from satellites
- 4. Tracks down criminals who operate on a world-wide scale
- 6. A New Deal program to develop the resources of the area in and around the Tennessee River
- 7. Insures the deposits that people have in banks
- 9. Makes sure that companies which sell stocks tell the truth about their business and about their profits and losses
- 10. Establishes rules for air traffic
- 12. Oversees our country’s manned and unmanned space programs and carries on research in the aerospace field
- 13. Created to provide people with safe, affordable housing and more attractive and functional downtown areas
- 14. Nation’s central bank
- 15. Provides loans to farmers who want to expand their operations and who need short term loans until they sell their crops
- 16. Pools mortgage loans and sells these large packages to investors which then provides the funds for more mortgages
- 19. Intergovernmental military alliance of Western states
- 20. Provides grants for artistic endeavors
- 21. Oversees the U.S. transportation system
- 22. Highest ranking members of the U.S. military
- 23. Provides subsidies to apartment owners who rent apartments to low-income families
- 26. Accounts for ¼ of federal spending and employs over 67,000 people
- 27. Leader of the free world
- 29. Created in 1953 to take over the responsibilities of the Federal Security Agency