The New Deal aims and lead up etc Flashcards
Why did the Great Depression impact African Americans harder than whites?
AAs were at the bottom of the economic pile
What impact did the Great Depression have on black farmers?
-2 million Southern black farmers left the land as crop prices plummeted
What impact did the Great Depression have on African American migration?
-many went to cities but urban black unemployment was 30-60% of the population
What did whites do as a result of unemployment due to the Great Depression?
-desperate whites moved into jobs formerly dominated by blacks such as domestic service, street cleaning and garbage collection
What vigilantes did whites organise? Why?
-whites organised vigilante groups such as the Black Shirts of Atlanta
-to stop blacks getting jobs
What was employability of blacks like in general but especially during the Great Depression (got worse)?
-blacks tended to be the last hired and first fired
What was the Wall Street Crash’s impact on African Americans?
made life worse for them
Did Franklin D. Roosevelt’s relationship with congress change as a result of the New Deal?
-it strengthened their relationship
What is the definition of the New Deal?
-the early period of FDR’s presidency from 1933-1939 during which time a large number of reforms were passed to tackle the economic problems caused by a stock market crash and the resulting Great Depression
When was the New Deal?
-1933-1938
What were the aims of the New Deal?
-to relieve human suffering
-to promote economic recovery
-unemployment relief
Was the New Deal’s aims of social and economic recovery supported by the government?
yes
What were their plans to achieve their aims with the New Deal?
-correcting the financial crisis
-offering initial short-term relief to the unemployed
-promoting industrial recovery by increasing government spending and by cooperative agreements between government industry and unions
What was promised to people about the New Deal?
-promised to reduce unemployment
