African American New Deal Flashcards
1
Q
Positive- Mary McLeod Bethune
A
Black educator + received NYA funds
2
Q
Positive- WPA
A
Benefitted from work relief program
3
Q
Positive- relief
A
Number of AA on relief remained high throughout the 1930s
4
Q
Positive- New Deal
A
Gave federal support to AA culture which boosted status of AA and paved way for post war changes
5
Q
Negative- Roosevelt
A
Backed away from equal rights to avoid antagonising south
6
Q
Negative- NRA
A
I’m offered whites first crack at jobs
7
Q
Negative- ccc
A
Maintained segregation camps
8
Q
Negative- AAA
A
Forced 10,000 off land in 1933 + 34
9
Q
Negative- 1935
A
Wagner Act
10
Q
Negative- AA voting
A
Little done
