US History- The Great Depression
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- "Mixed Deal" for Women
- I was just layed off...
- I'm gonna work for the president!!!
- African Americans
- They won't give me a job.
- Native Americans
- I don't have any money for food.
- Eleanor Roosevelt was a gain for a lot of women. She pushed for more women to work in the government, and get more esteemed jobs. But other women were not so fortunate. Many women were left unemployed because they wanted more jobs open for men, and some businesses didn't allow married women at all. They banned the hiring of women with a husband capable of providing, and with a "living wage".
- Mexican Americans
- I'm sorry, but you can't work here anymore.
- Luckily, there was direct government relief for a lot of African Americans from the CCC and WPA, and that helped them survive. Also, William Hastie went from an Adviser to a federal judge, the first African American to serve, and that was a big step. But unfortunately, racial segregation existed, particularly in the South. And that made everyday life so difficult for them, but even worse during the Great Depression.
- The Indian Americans struggled greatly financially. They didn't have much money, and were in poverty more than most. However, John Collier did work to repair some issues for them with a New Deal. He gave them better healthcare, offered public schools for them to attend, and Indians were also given the right to their own tribal government. Although they never really got there traditional ways back.
- Two challenges that Mexican Americans faced were poverty and unemployment. Particularly with the AAA the farmers were supposed to spend less money and grow less produce, so they didn't need as many workers to tend to the crops. Without a job money is scarce, and that makes it hard to survive. Some Mexican Americans returned to Mexico with their children who were born in America, and others got deported.
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