FDR and New Deals: Key Knowledge

Flashcards about the FDR and New Deals

What was Victor Green's handbook?

A handbook published to guide Black Americans on friendly establishments in various cities, printed until 1966.

What did The Crisis say about presidents in 1924?

Republican presidents are just about as bad as democratic presidents, and Democratic presidents are little better than nothing

Who did the Democratic party include in 1933?

Included the Solid South, urban ethnic voters in the North, and workers/middle-class liberals across the nation.

What resulted from Southern white congressional domination?

Southern white congressional domination led to the failure to address black grievances.

Who led the NAACP and efforts for anti-lynching legislation?

James Weldon Johnson

Who introduced an anti-lynching bill into the House of Representatives in 1918?

Republican Representative Leonidas Dyer

What was the urban black unemployment rate during the Great Depression?

Between 30 and 60%

What did a Black Georgian say about the Great Depression?

Black Georgians "did not even know the Great Depression had come."

Who did FDR appoint in 1933 to advise on the economic status of black Americans?

A liberal white Southerner, Clark Foreman, as his special advisor on the Economic status of the N____

How did the AAA policies affect black workers?

Landowners targeted black sharecroppers and tenants when offered reimbursement for reducing production.

What group resisted displacement from farms?

The communist-led Alabama Sharecroppers Union

What was the intention of the TVA?

Flood control, electricity, and employment.

Who exposed the discriminatory treatment of Black workers by TVA?

J. Max Bond to the NAACP

Who headed the CCC?

Robert Fechner

What kind of projects did the CCC do?

Reforestation, soil conservation, and forest management

Where did white populations contest the concept of having black corps near their towns?

Ohio

What acts helped workers when the Supreme Court declared the NRA unconstitutional in 1935?

Wagner Act and Fair Labor Standards Act

Who headed the PWA?

Harold Ickes

What did the FHA try to do?

Revitalize the housing market.

What continued some of the work FERA did?

The WPA

What does WPA stand for?

Works Progress Administration

What is another name the Wagner Act?

National Labor Relation Act

How many hours was the maximum of working hours per week in 1938?

44 hours

Which act aimed to build new low-rent housing to replace slums?

The Wagner-Steagall National housing act

What was the aim of the WPA?

Provide jobs with public work projects

Who was a leader of Roosevelt’s 'black cabinet'?

Mary McLeod Bethune

What division did Mary McLeod Bethune head?

The 'Negro' division of the NYA

What was the aim of the Social Security Act?

Provide welfare benefits for the old, sick, or unemployed.

Which NAACP lawyer maligned the Social Security Act for being 'like a sieve'?

Charles Houston

What cultural projects did the New Deal fund?

The Federal writers, theatre, music, and art projects.

What was Roosevelt's stance on on the poll tax?

Roosevelt criticized the poll tax

What did Roosevelt use to promote racial equality in defense industries because there was no civil rights legislation?

Executive powers to establish the Fair Employment Practices commission in 1941

Who said Roosevelt 'gave the American Negro a kind of recognition in political life which the Negro had never before received'?

W.E.B Du Bois

Who ensured that prominent black political figures regularly met with her husband?

Eleanor Roosevelt

Where was Marian Anderson arranged to perform?

The Lincoln memorial

What was the media that attacked Eleanor for her support for the NAACP?

Alabama Sun

What did FDR use to establish the Fair Employment Practices Commission because of complaints of racial discrimination?

Executive order 8802