The impact of the New Deal and the War on Ethnic Minorities (T3) Flashcards
When was the Indian Reorganisation act passed?
1934
Who were the first farmers to be laid off when the AAA asked landlords to produce less?
Black Americans
How did voting patterns shift?
Black Americans saw FDR as a saviour and so more voted Democrat
How much of the Black American population in the south moved North?
10%
How many Japanese Americans were interned as enemy aliens?
(an enemy alien is a citizen of one country living in another country with which it is at war, and viewed as suspicious as a result)
15,000
What did the Indian Reorganisation act do for Native Americans?
The tribes became self governing bodies that could vote to adopt constitutions and have their own police and legal systems
Did the alphabet agencies help Native Americans?
No. The officials tried to ensure Native Americans could take advantage of the programmes but this did not change the deep poverty that they were in.
Why did FDR not implement any civil rights legislation?
FDR’s southern supporters were often racist and they would not have voted his policies through if he tried to pass civil rights legislation
How was the NRA racist?
It allowed for black Americans to be paid less than white Americans in the same jobs
When were anti-lynching bills introduced to congress?
1934 & 1937.
How much of the vote did FDR have in Harlem?
85%
How did Elanor Roosevelt make a statement against racism?
She sat in the ‘coloured’ section at a conference in Birmingham, Alabama
What happened to Marion Anderson?
When she was refused permission to sing at constitution hall, the secretary of the interior arranged for he to give a concert to 75,000 people
What was executive order 8802?
It outlawed discrimination in the defence industry
What was the role of Mary McLeod Bethune?
She was head of the National Youth Organisation
