This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 18 clues. Answers range from 3 to 29 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
This created a seven-member board to regulate the nations money supply and the interest rates on loans.
This protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production. It also established educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion.
This allowed 250,000 young men to attend work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. It removed young workers from cities and provided healthy conditions for them to work in. The young workers could then send money to their families.
This provided public works jobs at $15 a week to four million workers in 1934.
This allowed the Federal Government to distribute millions of dollars of direct aid to unemployed workers.
This established a minimum hourly wage and a maximum number of hours in the workweek for the entire country. It also prohibited children under the age of 16 from working in factories
This allowed the Federal Government to insure bank deposits ($5000 per investor at first, $100,000 today) to prevent bank failures
This loaned money at a low interest rate to homeowners who could not meet mortgage payments.
This created the National Recovery Administration which established codes for fair competition, minimum wage, and the usage of collective bargaining by workers
This provided part-time employment to more than two million college and high school students.
The PWA received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects
This encouraged farmers to join cooperatives to bring electricity to farms. Despite its efforts, by 1940 only 40% of American farms were electrified.
Securities and Exchange Commission
This provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.
Tennessee Valley Authority
This provided Federal loans for a national home-improvement program
NLRB
The Federal Government employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs (arts, theater, and literary projects).