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Discuss the New Deal and its impact on racial minorities and women?
The New Deal was a series of domestic programs designed to get Americans back on their feet after the Great Depression. Blacks were hit especially hard by the loss of jobs; some programs in the New Deal inadvertently hurt them, but the administration tried to help their plight. At first, most of the New Deal programs targeted men because they considered them the head of the household. Later programs included women.
What groups became part of the Democratic Party support due to the roosevelt administration?
Minorities such as African Americans, the poor, and religious minorities all became a part of the Democratic Party during the Roosevelt administration. This was because Roosevelt's New Deal policies and programs.
How did the New Deal programs discriminate against or neglect minorities?
Certain programs such as the TVA, WPA, CCC, AAA and NLRB discriminated against farmers, women, African Americans, and Native Americans by not hiring or helping them. Also Mexican Americans were discriminated.
How did the New Deal affect women and minorities?
The New Deal had little positive, if none at all, impact on women and minorities. The New Deal allowed for unequal wages and none of the relief programs targeted women, who were often left behind with children by their husbands. The minorities, such as African Americans and Mexican immigrants, suffered from the lack of assistance provided for them; because the conservative Democrats refused to support any New Deal legislation that aided the non-white minorities, FDR was forced to neglect such issues to pass his alphabet programs.
Who benefited least from the new deal policies?
Minorities and women were the least benefited from the New Deal policies.
What did Franklin D. Roosevelt call his new programs?
The New Deal.
Was the New Deal historical fiction?
No. The New Deal was a series of government programs that slowly but surely helped America pull itself up by it's bootstraps and get back to a being a productive society. The New Deal had it's faults and abuses, yes - but overall, it worked.
What happened to new deal programs when they were challenged in court?
The new deal programs that were challenged in court were withdrawn.
What effect Did the new deal have on women and minorities?
women and minorities had a disadvantage, they had more preference for white men and boys so they would usually get paid less.
What did florence kelley accomplish?
Florence worked to improve social and working conditions for women, including fair wages. She helped found the NAACP, worked diligently for women's suffrage, and helped FDR with the establishment of many of the New Deal programs.
How did the Great Depression and the New Deal impact minorities in the US?
FDR's New Deal depended heavily on support from the Southern bloc of Senators and Representatives. But they were committed to White Supremacy and Jim Crow Laws in the South. FDR's programs did help some minorities get jobs but he basically did nothing to advance the cause of Civil Rights. He refused to support a federal anti-lynching law and he tolerated racial segregation in government work programs. Under pressure from the NAACP and Eleanor Roosevelt, the New Dealers made sure that African-Americans shared some of the relief programs. Hmm... Lets see I didn't even have to read this to tell that this sucked. He PROVIDED JOBS FOR MINORITIES. Boom. Nobody had a job, ESPECIALLY not minorities. New Deal= Jobs for minorities.
What groups were brought together in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's new deal?
The New Deal programs of FDR created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression.
