Question
Most New Deal programs discriminated against African Americans. The
National Recovery Administration, for example, not only offered white
Americans the first crack at jobs, but authorized separate and lower pay
scales for African Americans. The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) refused
to guarantee mortgages for African Americans who tried to buy in white
neighborhoods, and the Civilian Conservation Corps maintained
segregated camps. Furthermore, the Social Security Act excluded those
job categories African Americans traditionally filled.
The story in agriculture was particularly grim. Since 40 percent of all black
workers made their living as sharecroppers and tenant farmers, the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) acreage reduction hit African
Americans hard. White landlords could make more money by leaving land
untilled than by putting land back into production. As a result, the AAA's
policies forced more than 100,000 African Americans off the land in 1933
and 1934. Even more galling to black leaders, the president failed to
support an anti-lynching bill and a bill to abolish the poll tax. Roosevelt
feared that conservative southern Democrats, who had seniority in
Congress and controlled many committee chairmanships, would block his
bills if he tried to fight them on the race question.
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) policies affect African American workers?
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1 point
a. Increased job opportunities
b. Provided financial assistance
c. Forced them off the land
d. Offered support for education
National Recovery Administration, for example, not only offered white
Americans the first crack at jobs, but authorized separate and lower pay
scales for African Americans. The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) refused
to guarantee mortgages for African Americans who tried to buy in white
neighborhoods, and the Civilian Conservation Corps maintained
segregated camps. Furthermore, the Social Security Act excluded those
job categories African Americans traditionally filled.
The story in agriculture was particularly grim. Since 40 percent of all black
workers made their living as sharecroppers and tenant farmers, the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) acreage reduction hit African
Americans hard. White landlords could make more money by leaving land
untilled than by putting land back into production. As a result, the AAA's
policies forced more than 100,000 African Americans off the land in 1933
and 1934. Even more galling to black leaders, the president failed to
support an anti-lynching bill and a bill to abolish the poll tax. Roosevelt
feared that conservative southern Democrats, who had seniority in
Congress and controlled many committee chairmanships, would block his
bills if he tried to fight them on the race question.
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) policies affect African American workers?
*
1 point
a. Increased job opportunities
b. Provided financial assistance
c. Forced them off the land
d. Offered support for education
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c. Forced them off the land