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
Educational programmes taught blacks
250 000
Blacks to read and write
NYA skills training for young blacks
500 000 young blacks
Resettlement Administration
1935
Blacks primarily Republican
Before 1933
Congressional Elections Democratic blacks
1934
Democrats breakthrough in presidential elections
1936