FDR

• How many more votes did FDR have?

  7 million
• What percentage of votes did FDR have?

  57.4%
• How many votes did FDR have?

  22.8 million
• How many votes did Hoover have?

  15 million
• What percentage of the vote did FDR win in Harlem?

  85% in 1940
• When did Roosevelt first address an all-black audience for the first time?

  1936
• What did Roosevelt say to his all-black audience?

  He promised, 'no forgotten men and no forgotten races in this term'
• Who was Harold Ickes?

  Head of the PWA
• What was Harold Ickes' roles?

  He was Secretary of the interior and former leader of the Chicago branch of the NAACP
• Why did black Americans benefit from Ickes' role in the PWA?

  He made sure that the housing division had racial quotas
• What percentage of black Americans occupied WPA housing?

  1/3 by 1940
• Who was Harry Hopkins?

  Head of FERA and WPA
• Who was the leader of the NAACP?

  Walter White
• Who was invited to speak by FDR?

  Arthur Mitchell was invited to do the opening speech at the Republican party National Convention
• How many black Americans were employed at a federal level in 1932?


  50,000
• How many black Americans were employed on a federal level by the end of the 1930s?

  150,000
• What was the name for the increased black members of the federal government?

  The 'Black Cabinet'
• Who was the first black person to head a federal agency?

  Mary Mcleod Bethune
• How many black Americans were in the black cabinet?

  Roughly 100 ranging from lower roles to supervisors
• How much did FDR increase the number of black Americans in the federal government?

  He tripled it
• What percentage of black voters supported Hoover in 1932?

  70%
• What percentage of black Americans polled in support of FDR?

  76%
• What was the FEPC meant to guarentee?

  Equal employment rights for black people working in defence industries
• When was the FEPC set up?

  1941
• What did the FEPC offices do?

  Investigated and heard complaints about hiring practices and discrimination
• Why was the FEPC limited?

  It was underfunded and had little authority with opposition from the South