The New Deal both hurt and helped minorities:
The New Deal hurt African Americans, because the Federal Housing Agency stopped blacks from moving into white neighborhoods. Also the AAA paid the landowners not to grow food
The Great Depression affected all of America. “By 1933, 11,00 of the United States’ 25,000 banks had failed” (Britanica 1). This failure caused a loss of confidence in the economy. Unemployment was also a big issue at the time. By 1932 unemployment had raised to 12 to 15 million people out of the work force; that is 25 to 30%. The manufacturers also lost a lot of their output. By 1932, The U.S. manufacturing output had fallen to 54% of its 1929 level. Many people’s lives were dramatically changed during the Great Depression. Many people had to deal with starvation, cold, drought and many other problems.…
The Great Depression affected many people, but it especially tested the Cult of Domesticity. The Depression tested the Cult of Domesticity geographically, economically, and socially. The Great Derepression caused many men to lose their jobs and were not be able to support their family because of this men either committed suicide or had to rely on the women as well. Back in the 1930’s men were supposed to have a job and support their family while the women stay home and be a homemaker.…
During the time of the Great Depression there were major changes throughout America, it helped change the role of the government to help the people. When looking at the Great Depression one must look at the effects of the New Deal policy it helped the American people and changed the role of the of the government during this time period. As a result of these successful policies it assisted the American people by giving them jobs and it expanded the government into a bureaucracy.…
During the Great Depression, the time when the Stock Market crashed, lots of problems surfaced and affected many Americans. According to document 1, unemployment increased dramatically at the start of The Great Depression. This created a problem for Americans because unemployment leads to poverty and that leads to hunger. Another example is in document 2 when it says, “banks began to collapse and industrial production ground to a halt.” This means that the life…
Some parts of The New Deal were not successful. New Deal programs often discriminated against blacks. The FHA refused mortgages to many blacks. Even though the program discriminated it helped bring America out of The Great Depression. The New Deal Programs also cost the government a lot of money. Even though the programs cost a lot of money it was worth it to get out of the Depression.…
She states, “the Depression both heightened minorities’ awareness of racial discrimination and increased their possibilities for collaborative political mobilization, specifically through the New Deal.” The New Deal allowed for growing interracial political coalitions and gave minorities hope for change. All in all, the New Deal allowed for a multiracial environment and helped bring people together and create coalitions.…
Unemployment was one of the complications during the Depression. Unemployment skyrocketed from 1929 to 1936 from almost 4% to 23%. There were twice as many African- Americans unemployed. Many couldn’t even pay rent or buy food (Doc 3). People were often thrown into the streets. New Deals like the TVA and the CCC were applied.The TVA stopped floods by building dams. The CCC Built parks and planted trees.…
The Great Depression affected so many people on many different ways. The economy crashed completely, businesses had to shut down, unemployment rates…
The depression struck hard at all the industries in the United States. This left thousands and thousands of people jobless and even homeless. The first industries to be affected were construction and production. Soon after, the agricultural industry was hit hard. Over 750,000 farms were lost due to how the price of crops dropped drastically which ended up bankrupting the farmers. The unemployment rate was at 25%, the highest ever in American history. The population took yet another devastating blow with lack of food and illness due to inability to pay for medical care. President Hoover lost the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt because the American public considered Hoover to be incapable of handling the crisis. The Great Depression ended up carrying on until the second world war.…
Panic swept the nation as millions lose their jobs. Fathers, begging for scraps to give their small children. The wealthy class soon became beggars in the blink of an eye. Everything was havoc until Roosevelt was elected. The New Deal arose and introduced many types of social and economic reforms to America. However, many would disagree stating, “these relief policies actually put a greater burden on the backs of the poorest in society” (Powell 2). The New Deal had a positive effect because it helped people back on their feet through more jobs, more security, and more hope.…
During the Great depression of 1930s most Americans citizen were at their lowest. People were in poverty, bankrupt, homeless, By 1930, 4 million Americans looking for work could not find…
Another program that the New Deal had was the FHA. The FHA stands for Federal Housing Administration. The FHA insures bank loans for building and repairing homes. This helped so much during the Great Depression. This helped us get out of the Great Depression because many people during that time were homeless because they couldn’t afford houses. Many people couldn’t afford houses because they didn’t have jobs. Unemployment was a big issue during the great depression. When people were out of a job they were not making money so many people became homeless, but luckily when the new deal created the program called the FHA people were able to make houses and live in them and not be homeless anymore. This…
The Great Depression was the hardest time for many people from the economy result of being unemployed and higher prices causing some people unable to buy food and debt. Immigrants had the toughest time during the Great Depression. Immigrants were viewed with hostility and treated badly. This caused an increase in racism and discrimination, unemployed Asian and African-Canadians were denied from jobs and high risk of being getting deported. For example, Jews suffered a lot from anti-Semitism and prejudice. Also, many jobs were closed to immigrants and employers would put a sign not letting immigrants apply. At the beginning, of the Great Depression nearly ten-thousand immigrants were deported.…
The great depression was one of the most detrimental and difficult things ever put on the US, people all across the country lost their jobs, went hungry, lost their homes, and were forced to live in poverty. People had to resort to eating out of dumpsters, scavenging for food, living in hoovervilles, sharing a small house with multiple families. One boy states that “We ate that dog meat with potatoes” (Doc 1). People were forced to eat meat that was meant for dogs, not humans. They were forced to live of small scraps of low grade meat and potatoes for weeks at a time. African Americans at this time were also put in extreme hardships, with most of their employers no longer having enough money to hire them they were forced to live in run down shacks, and rent out rooms to other people just to make up the rent. “Negro families were forced to take in lodgers […] frequently whole families slept in one room.” (Doc 2).…
The people of the black community experienced the Great Depression differently due to race relations between the white people and the black people. During the depression, dark-skinned people had a hard time finding rentals, let alone buying property. For example, the Clarke family recall being treated poorly when they were looking for a house. The other people would slam the door in their faces and leave it at that. On the other hand, the Jews were empathetic towards them and offered to sell their house to the Clarkes. Another reason as to how the black community experienced the Great Depression differently was the difficulty of finding a job. For instance, when Claire Clark was looking for a job, people rejected her because she was black. A man who worked at City Hall told Claire that she will not get a job in the city because the white girls will not work for her. This was a struggling situation for Claire because she tried her hardest to look for a job in order to survive the Great Depression. However, it was very hard for this young girl because of the racist remarks that the white people held for the black people. The last reason as to how the black community experienced the Great Depression differently was the unfair treatment between the two groups-white and black. For example, black children can play with others, however they could not go into their houses. This showed that the white people had boundaries set for the black people which was very notorious to the people of the black community. In conclusion, the people of the black community experienced the Great Depression…