READ THE FOLLOWING

Question

Document A: Fireside Chat (Modified)
President Roosevelt gave this speech over the radio on May 7, 1933, two
months after he became president. He called these radio addresses
“fireside chats,” and this was his second one as president.
Tonight, I come for the second time to tell you about what we have
been doing and what we are planning to do. . . .
First, we are giving opportunity of employment to one-quarter of a
million of the unemployed, especially the young men, to go into forestry and
flood prevention work. . . .
Next, the Congress is about to pass legislation that will greatly ease
the mortgage distress among the farmers and the home owners of the
nation, by easing the burden of debt now bearing so heavily upon millions
of our people. . . .
I know that the people of this country will understand this and will also
understand the spirit in which we are undertaking this policy. . . .
All of us, the Members of the Congress and the members of this
Administration owe you, the people of this country, a profound debt of
gratitude.

Document B: African Americans and the New Deal (Modified)
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.

Document D: Hot Lunches for a Million School Children (Modified)
One million undernourished children have benefited by the Works Progress
Administration's school lunch program. In the past year and a half
80,000,000 hot well-balanced meals have been served at the rate of
500,000 daily in 10,000 schools throughout the country. . . .
For many children, who are required to leave home early in the morning
and travel long distances after school hours to reach their homes, the WPA
lunch constitutes the only hot meal of the day. . . .
Through the daily service of warm, nourishing food, prepared by qualified,
needy women workers, the WPA is making it possible for many
underprivileged children of the present to grow into useful, healthy citizens
of the future.

Document E: Unemployment Statistics
YEAR
Unemployment
(% of labor force)
1929 3.2
1930 8.7
1931 15.3
1932 22.5
1933 20.6
1934 16.0
1935 14.2
1936 9.9
1937 9.1
1938 12.5
1939 11.3
1940 9.5
1941 6.0

READ THE ABOVE AND Answer the following questions

Document B: How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) * 1 point policies affect African American workers?
• a. Increased job opportunities.
• b. Provided financial assistance
• c. Forced them off the land
• d. Offered support for education.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: c. Forced them off the land.

The text states that the policies of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) “forced more than 100,000 African Americans off the land in 1933 and 1934.”