African-American History The Great Depression and the New Deal Questions pt.1 1.

What kind of era was the Great Depression for African-Americans? 2. When did the Great Depression start? 3. How much did the National income fall in 1932? 4. How did unemployment change from 1930-1933 5. What were the causes of the Great Depression? 6. What happened to Blacks in the south during the Great Depression? 7. How much did the price of cotton fall from 1929 to 1933? 8. What was the amount that a Black family made in New York (Table 18-1)? 9. What was the Black income as a percentage of a White Income in Mobile? 10. What was the Black income as a percentage of a White Income in Chicago? 11. What was the Jobless rate in Chicago? 12. What was the jobless rate in Detroit? 13. What Jobs did Black women have in the North? 14. What was the article The Bronx Slave Market about? 15. What survival strategies did Blacks use to make it during the Depression in the North? 16. What survival strategies did Blacks use to make it during the Depression in the South? 17. What was the First Black Owned financial institution? 18. What happened to that institution in question 17? 19. What were some of the Black businesses that did survive the depression? 20. Why did Hoover hesitate to act in regards to the economic disaster? 21. What is a Hooverville? 22. How were Hoovers policies racist? 23. How did FDR attempt to help African-Americans during the Depression? 24. Who were the Black officials in the New Deal? What were there positions? 25. What was the AAA? What did it do? 26. What was the NIRA? What did it do? 27. What was the NRA? What did it do? 28. What was the CCC? What did it do? 29. What was the CWA? What did it do? 30. Who was Eleanor Roosevelt? 31. How did Mrs. Roosevelt Help African-Americans? Name Three. 32. What was the Black Cabinet? What did it do?