Positive of new deal for AA's

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By 1932 how many blacks in Chicago were unemployed?
30%
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how much more was black unemployment than whites?
30-60%
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why was this?
favoured less than white workers and last hired first fired
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how many migrated from the south?
400,000 1930-39
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how many black homes in the south had no water or electricity?
70%
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why did black schools suffer?
did not recieve more funding due to cuts
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why was FDR important?
first president to speak out againt lynching
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why was Eleanor Roosevelt important?
she supported AA civil rights
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how many jobs did new deal job creation schemes make?
1 milllion
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how many housing units?
500,0000
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how many black youths were trained?
500,000
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What did Mary Mcelaur Bethune become in charge of?
National Youth Admin which meant AA recieved a fair share of funding
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how many black families were on relief compared to white families?
30% compared to 10% of white
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How much did FERA spend on poor relief?
$4000 million
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how many jobs did the WPA created for AA
350,000 EACH YEAR
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how many black teachers did WPA employ
excess of 5000
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what did Harold Ickes do
poured funds into the black community through the PWA
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how much money was spend on black services
$45 million
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What did the Wagner act help create?
CIO congress of industrial organisations in the mid 1930's helped organisd black workers into labour unions
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how many blacks were part of the CIO
200,000
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what was significant about Black voting in 1936
swapped historic allegance from Republicans to the democrats
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what did people say about this?
marked a radical break with the past
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What did W.E.B du Bois say about it?
FDR gave AA a poltical regonsition they had not receieved before
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How many blacks voted for FDR in 1936
70%
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how many in 1932 had supported herbert Hoover in 1932
over 2/3
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