Depth study: African Americans in the new deal(limitations) 1930's

Question 1

Sharecroppers

Answer 1

poor sharecroppers couldn’t pay rent, 200,000 were evicted with no help.

Question 2

attempts to improve

Answer 2

attempts to improve working conditions excluded groups where AA labour was common e.g. agriculture and domestic service

Question 3

National Recovery Administration(NRA)

Answer 3

attempted to establish fair rates of pay and better conditions however its regulations by the south so it wasn’t efficient

Question 4

Wagner act

Answer 4

strengthening of unions ensured big employers unionised and unions were highly racist meaning they were excluded

Question 5

social security act

Answer 5

didn’t apply to the bulk of work done by AA’s

Question 6

segregation during ww2

Answer 6

for most of ww2 armed forces were segregated

Question 7

Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 7

offered relief for unemployed AA’s however labour camps were segregated. AA’s got the toughest work and were paid the least

Question 8

Roosevelt voting

Answer 8

Didn’t increase AA voting rights