New Deal Flashcards
New deal and race relations
1933-41
Southern democrats dominated congress
From 1933
Franklin president
1933
Conservative manifesto
Dec 1937
Southern democrats limited New Deal programmes
1937-41
Lynching increased
After 1882 and 1933
Lynchings per year
1882-1932
4608
Proposed lynching bills by NAACP
1933
AAA
12th May 1933
Farm incomes rose %
1932-35
58%
Black share croppers forced off their land
1933-35
100 000
AAA unconstitutional
1936
FSA
1936
Second AAA
1936
CCC
31st March 1933
Unemployment
13 million
25% of workforce
Number of blacks completed CCC
275 000
10% of workforce
1933-42
CCC Dispanded
July 1935
NRA wage increase
+20%
National Association of Domestic Workers
1934
Black underrepresented in trade unions
1930
Social security act
1935
WPA
1936-40
WPA workers per year
350 000