Lesson 8: The New Deal

Question 1

Why was the New Deal introduced?

Answer 1

Following Great Depression, by 1932 25% of american workforce was unemployed.

Programme would bring relief, recovery and reform to the economy and help the poor.

Question 2

Who was the president behind the New Deal and when did he become president?

Answer 2

Franklin Roosevelt
March 1933

Question 3

What were the organizations created by The New Deal known as?

Answer 3

‘Alphabet agencies’

Question 4

How many jobs did The New Deal create for both black and white americans?

Answer 4

1 million

Question 5

How did the PWA improve conditions for black americans?

Answer 5

Spent $65 million on black schools, homes and hospitals

Blacks recieved construction jobs and equal pay

Question 6

By 1940, how many blacks lived in PWA housing?

Answer 6

30%

Question 7

How did the WPA help black americans?

Answer 7

Employed 350,000 blacks in each year of its 4 year existence

Education programmes employed over 5,000 black teachers and taught 250,000 black americans to read and write

Question 8

How did the NYA help black Americans?

Answer 8

taught skills to 500,000 young black americans

Question 9

How did FERA help black americans?

Answer 9

1/3 of black americans recieved benefits from FERA

1935 - 3.5 million had received help from FERA

Question 10

How did black sharecroppers benefit from New Deal?

Answer 10

Some became independent farmers

Question 11

How did the AAA have a negative impact on black americans?

Answer 11

Between 1933-1940= 200,000 black sharecroppers were evicted

Landowners used money to replace black workers with machinery

Question 12

What did a NAACP report in 1936 state?

Answer 12

6 million blacks who worked in agriculture had recieved no help from the government

Question 13

What were the difference in welfare payments from FERA in Atlanta?

Answer 13

Monthy relief payments of $32.66 to whites but $19.29 to blacks