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WHAT was the unemployment rate during the great depression for African Americans?

The Depression did have some sort of effect on the African Americans, but not as much as the White people. During the Great Depression, the African Americans explored more in the arts and literature part of life. They introduced a new type of music to the world... Jazz. They had been somewhat succesful during this time.


What was the main effect of the system of debt peonage that emerged in the South during the late 19th century?

African Americans labored in a system that was nearly the same as slavery.


How did the poll tax grandfather clause and literacy test effect African Americans in the south?

The poll tax, grandfather clause, and literacy tests were discriminatory measures used in the South to disenfranchise African Americans after the Reconstruction era. The poll tax required individuals to pay a fee to vote, which many African Americans could not afford. The grandfather clause allowed those who had the right to vote before the Civil War to bypass these restrictions, effectively excluding African Americans. Literacy tests, often unfairly administered, further hindered their ability to register and participate in elections, reinforcing systemic racism and limiting their political power.


What effect did the black codes have reconstruction?

The Ku Klux Klan Acts of 1870 and 1871 barred the use of force against voters. In the face of the terrorism, voting by African Americans declined.


How did FOR and Eleanor Roosevelt affect the civil rights to African Americans?

They didn’t. Jim Crow laws were in full effect in the 1930’s-40’s. The military was also segregated during the war.