America

• things changed for african american in 1920s

  -left south to go north

  -jazz becomes more popular

  -more job opportunities

  -NAACP formed
• the new deal helped americans during the great depression
• in the 1930s, there was a great depression
• what things didnt change for African Americans in 1920s

  low pay

  racism

  KKK

  jim crow laws
• which groups didn't benefit from the boom

  african americans , farmers , factory workers and native americans
• FDR comes in after hoover in 1932
• Roosevelt won due to his 3 R's plan relief recovery reform
• what did relief consist of

  set up alphabet agency
• whar did recovery consist of

  emergency banking act closes 5000 banks gains trust of citizens again
• what did AAA do

  paid farmers to produce less and destroy some of the food produced
• what did ccc do

  gave unemployed jobs to plant crops in countryside gave 2.5 million 18-25 year olds jobs
• what did FERA do

  $500 million given ti states to help homeless
• opposition the FDRs new deal

  -republicans worried they would be controlled

  -business people don't like government interfering

  -supreme court bans AAA helping state is not federal
• how was the New deal effective

  -bank closures drop from 4000 in 1933 to under 50 in 1941

  -unemployment decreases from 25% in 1933 to under 5% in 1945

  -pension and social insurance for farmers

  -GNP rises
• How was the new deal ineffective 


  -in 1941 people were still unemployed

  -strike days were still high in 1938 800 work days lost to strike
• Women barely benefited from new deal programmes
• only 10,000 women out of 2.5 million involved in CCC scheme
• when roosevelt stopped new deal schemes unemployment jumped by 3%
• In 1960s president kennedy set up status commision to report on women
• 60% of women earned less than men in 60s
• 95% of managers were men
• 7% of doctors were women in 60s
• Feminine Mystique written by Betty Friedan
• In 1963 equal pay act passed
• what does NOW stand for and when was it discovered

  in 1966

  national organization for women

  achieves equal pay and abortion
• within a few years NOW had 40000 members
• in 1972 a change to the US constitution was passed by Congress
• What was Roe Vs Wade about

  legalising Abortion
• in 1973 abortion was legalised