15.4 (Actually 15.3)

Question 1

The New Deal represented what for some peoples

Answer 1

new opportunities for minorities and women.

Question 2

Frances Perkins was

Answer 2

America’s first female cabinet member. She was secretary of labor and helped to create the Social Security system and supervised Labor legislation.

Question 3

What did Elenear

Answer 3

support of women voters and also appointed two female diplomats and a federal female judge

Question 4

Were the women discriminated during the GD

Answer 4

yes. the men believed that women took jobs away from them

Question 5

The National Recovery Administration did what?

Answer 5

Set wages lower then normal for many women

Question 6

What id the Civil Works Administration do for the women

Answer 6

it and the federal emergency relief administration hired far fewwr women

Question 7

IN spite of the barriers, what did women continue to do?

Answer 7

Their movement into the workplace

Question 8

Who was Mary McLeod Bethune

Answer 8

an educator who dedicated herself to promoting oppportunities for young African Americans. She was hired by the president to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the NYA. She also worked to ensue that the NYA hired African Americans. She helped to organize the black cabinet to advise to the president on civil right issues .

Question 9

Marian Anderson

Answer 9

preformed infront of the Lincoln Memorial. Elenor Roosevelt resigned from the Dauhters of the Revolution because they were racist.

Question 10

What happened to the president and civil rights?

Answer 10

He failed to support it because he was afraid of upsetting white Democrats in the south.

Question 11

What did the African Americans organize?

Answer 11

Southern Tenant Farmers Union which wanted to protect both white and black tenant famers and sharecroppers.

Question 12

Why did most African Americans still support Roosevelt

Answer 12

Because he touched the temper of the African American community

Question 13

Mexicans supported/did not support

Answer 13

Supported the New Deal even though that they recieved fewer benefits then the African Americans

Question 14

Where did most Mexican American’s work?

Answer 14

On farms, as migrant workers. The occupation was uprotected by state and federal laws

Question 15

What did farm workers try to do?

Answer 15

They tried to unionize but most efforts were met with violence from gov. workers and the employers.

Question 16

Did native americans recieve government support?

Answer 16

YEs.

Question 17

Who was John Collier

Answer 17

He was the commissioner of Indian affairs. He helped creae the Indian reorganization act of 1934.

Question 18

Indian Reorganization Act

Answer 18

The act was an extremem change in government policy,. It moved away from assimilation and toward from

Economic: Native American lands would belong to an entire tribe. This provison strengthened Native American land claims by prohibiting the gov. from taking over unclaimed reservation lands and selling them to non NAs

Cultural:The number of boarding schools for Native American children was reduced and children could attend school on the reservation.

Political: Tribes were given permission to elect tribal councils to govern their reservation

In 1924, Native Americans were made full citizenship

Question 19

Although the NEw Deal policies had mixed results for minorities. These groups generally had mixed results for minorities. THese groups generally backed PResident Roosevelt.

Question 20

WHat was New Deal Coalition

Answer 20

it was an alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the democratic party. They included southern white people and black groups as well

Question 21

As a result of the Wagner Act, what happened to labor unons

Answer 21

They flourished and ended up donating money to Roosevelt’s reelection campaign.

Question 22

What did unionization affects

Answer 22

coal miners, workers, automobile, rubber, electrical

Question 23

The American Ferderation of Labor had been restricted to craft unions. As they were frusterated by that position, several key leaders like John Lewis of the UMWA and David Dubinsky of the ILGW formed the Committee of Industrial Organization to organize industrial unions.

What did this become?

Answer 23

Congress of Industrial Organizations because it was expelled from the AFL

Question 24

One of the main barganing tactics of the laor movement was WHAT

Answer 24

the sit down strike

Question 25

What was the sit down strike?

Answer 25

The people would sit down in their jobs. The Stike breakers would not be able to come because they would be sitting right there

Question 26

What was the Memorial Day Massacre>

Answer 26

IT was when police attacked steelworkers outside

Question 27

How did FDR win in 1936>

Answer 27

He won because he carried the larger cities. Also, he had a lot of support from various religious and ethnic groups.