The achievements of the New Deal 1933-1941

Question 1

Women and the New Deal

Answer 1

Women held more important posts in government during the New Deal than at any time before or after

Question 2

Example of women and the New Deal

Answer 2

Frances Perkins was one of many women holding government office. She was the Secretary of Labour from 1939 to 1945

Question 3

The New Deal working against women

• The Economy Act 1933

Answer 3

It forbade members of the same family from working for federal government. A total of 75% of those who lost their jobs were married women

Question 4

Example of women being neglected

Answer 4

1) By 1940, about 90% of jobs were filled by men.

2) On average during the 1930s, women earned half the average wage of men.

Question 5

African Americans and the New Deal

Answer 5

The New Deal saw no civil rights legislation because Roosevelt needed the vote of Southern Democrats

Question 6

African Americans and the New Deal

• The NRA

Answer 6

The NRA codes allowed for African Americans to be paid less than whites for doing the same jobs.

Question 7

African Americans and the New Deal

• Jobs

Answer 7

Many poor paid, menial jobs previously reserved for the AA were now taken by whites.

Question 8

African Americans and the New Deal

• The anti-lynching bill

Answer 8

Anti-lynching bills were introduced into Congress in 1934 and 1937, but Roosevelt did nothing to support either and both were eventually defeated.

Question 9

African Americans and the New Deal

• Employment in government

Answer 9

Roosevelt employed more African Americans in governments, notably Mary McLeod Bethune at the National Youth Administration.

There were positive discrimination in the NYA

Question 10

African Americans and the New Deal

• Facts on employment in government

Answer 10

The civil service tripled the number of African Americans in its employment between 1932 and 1941 to 150,000

Question 11

Native Americans and the New Deal

• The Indian Reorganisation Act of 1934

Answer 11

It recognised and encouraged Native American culture in a shift from the former policy of assimilation.

Question 12

Advantages of the Indian Reorganisation Act of 1934

Answer 12

Tribes could control land sales on the reservations, while new tribal corporations were established to manage tribal resources.

Question 13

Situation for Native American

Answer 13

The often remained among the poorest people in the USA. In 1934, a Senate enquiry found widespread poverty among Native Americans on reservations.

Question 14

Poverty among Native American

Answer 14

Poverty was so great that the New Deal measures could only have a very limited effect at best.