African Americans And The New deal

Question 1

What Act was passed in 1933 and what effect did this have on blacks?

Answer 1

. The NIRA or National Industrial Recovery Act

. The Act made it illegal for employers to hire people who weren’t worth the minimum wage because they lacked skills.

. As a result some 500,000 African Americans lost their jobs, specifically in the south as they were largely unskilled.

Question 2

What taxes and payrolls discouraged employers to hire new employees?

Answer 2

. Social security excise and taxes on payrolls discouraged employers from hiring.

. If they did hire they would be looking for higher skilled workers which meant most blacks had no chance of receiving a job since they were, portly educated, unskilled labourers.

Question 3

What Act in 1935 had a negative impact on sharecroppers?

Answer 3

. The 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act

. Aimed to help farmers by cutting farm production and forcing up food prices.

. Less production meant less work for thousands of poor southern black sharecroppers.

. Plus African Americans were among 100million consumers forced to pay higher food prices because of the AAA.

Question 4

How did African Americans benefit from the New Deal?

Answer 4

Relief programs allowed for:
. Slum clearance
. Projects in improving public housing
. Efforts were made to alleviate the problems of rural tenancy

Question 5

How did the Wagner Act negatively affect African Americans?

Answer 5

. The Act essentially made Labour Monopolies legal.

. This in effect excluded Blacks from most trade unions as the dominant unions all discriminated against African Americans