New Deal Continuing Problems 1933-39

Question 1

Continuing problems for African Americans (4)

Answer 1

• Agriculture Adjustment Act 1933 cuts food prices + 100K AA let off
• 500k AA fired in 1933 National Industry Recovery Act, weren’t classed as skilled
• Jesse Owens –>back door of the White House
• No chance to voting rights, segregation continued

Question 2

Continuing problems for Native Americans

Answer 2

• Seprate court system for NA abandoned
• NA insufficient funds to buy back former lands
• Natives not consulted or involved in IRA - Collier = paternalistic
• IRA continued assimilation
• Improvements were not permanent or maintained.

Question 3

Continuing problems for Workers

Answer 3

• Division between skilled/unskilled + immigrants
• Henry Ford ignores NIRA + Wagner Act until 1942
• Non-unionised workers don’t benefit
• AA + women still faced discrimination
• Ethnic differences - immigration from Japan, China, Europe

Question 4

Continuing problems for Women (5)

Answer 4

• 1936 Gallup Poll suggested 82% opposed to women working
• Only 9 women entered politics by 1939
• Falling wages especially hit domestic workers
• Public work projects largely just provide for men
• Female teacher in 1939 earnt 20% less than male