Lesson 7: The Great Depression Flashcards
1
Q
What pinpointed the start of the Great Depression?
A
The Wall Street Crash- October 1929
2
Q
3 impacts of the Great Depression:
A
- Jobs
-Racial Tensions
-Education
3
Q
How were black JOBS impacted by the Great Depression?
A
- 2 million sharecroppers lost their jobs
- Black unemployment in the North was 6 times higher than whites
- “Last to be hired, First to be fired”
- whites took black jobs e.g Bellhops, street cleaners
- income of average black worker fell by 50%
4
Q
How was black EDUCATION effected by the Great Depression?
A
- States cut back on spending on black schools
-All schools (except NY) were segregated in the North
+ black students in higher education grew
By 1933- 38,000 black students in colleges (97% of these in south)
5
Q
How were RACIAL TENSIONS effected by Great Depression?
A
- white vigilante groups set up to stop blacks getting jobs (Black shirts of Atlanta)
6
Q
Statistic of property owned in Harlem (ghetto in NY) by black Americans?
A
1929- 35% owned own property in Harlem
1935- 5% owned the property
7
Q
How many people were suffering from hunger and disease between 1929-33?
A
Between 1929-1933, 20 million people suffered from hunger and disease
(most were black)
