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Eleanor worked for civil and equal rights but FDR never really touch the issue. Social Security was not extended to African Americans. Southern Democrats revolted if Roosevelt tried to help African Americans and they wouldn't pass his acts/laws if he did, as result his effort for helping them was low. The states were in charge of the CCC, WPA, etc. They didn't generally give those jobs to African Americans. The Federal Housing Act also discriminated against blacks and further segregates America. Federal Employment Practices were discriminatory and projects in the south refused to hire blacks.They were the last hired and the first fired. Although, FDR did appoint Mary McLeod Bethune to his cabinet. He encouraged hope for them.
The people that lived through the Great Depression said "We didn't go hungry but we lived lean." During the Great Depression, unemployment reached 25% by 1933. 86,000 businesses failed between 1932-3. The national income in 1929 was 87.8 billion in 1933 it was 40.2 billion. Wages declined by 60%, 9 million savings accounts were wiped out, poverty became a way of life. People moved to the cities to find jobs but there were no jobs were left. The homeless built shanty-towns around cities and called them Hoovervilles in spite of Hoover's response to the Depression and people began to blame Hoover for the Depression.. People stood in the breadline from charity handouts. People started eating jackrabbits and called them Hooverhogs.
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it was not clean during the great depression
What Was The Weather Like During The Great Depression?
it was bad it was bad
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wish i new
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What was environmental cleanliness like during the Great Depression?
it was not clean during the great depression
What was the economy like during The Great Depression?
bad
What was the unemployment like during the great depression?
bad
What Was The Weather Like During The Great Depression?
it was bad it was bad
What was it like during the great depression in gettysburgh?
wish i new
How did the Great Depression affect Dolores Huerta?
because she was black and did not like her life during that timesbecause life was hard during that time because the great depression was called the hard time
What was it like for white people during the great depression?
i donno what happened but i would like an answer too:)
How was Saudi Arabia effected by the great depression?
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What was fashion like during the Great Depression?
ugly rags and potato sack shoes
What was Hawaii like during the Great Depression?
It was hard to survive on just suger cane
What year does the story 'Of Mice and Men' take place?
Where was Of Mice and Men set?Salinas, CaliforniaWhen?Around the 1930s. The novel was published in 1937, so it is like to have been set in the early/mid 1930s.
