civil rights 1933-45

Question 1

how much did employment change in federal bureaucracy for African Americans?

Answer 1

rose by 100,000 and allowed the formation of the black cabinet

Question 2

what did the WPA do for African Americans?

Answer 2

hired 350,000 which 5,000 of those being teachers who taught 250,000 Aftican Americans to read and write it also increased cultural diversity to lay the foundations of black consciousness

Question 3

why did African Americans typically vote republican before FDR?

Answer 3

President Lincoln had the biggest era of emancipation so far due to the 13th amendment abolshing slavery

Question 4

What were the results of a vote in 1936?

Answer 4

over 70% of the black population voted for FDR

Question 5

Why was the black vote being increasingly important?

Answer 5

more and more African Americans could vote due to the great migration 48% of the black population lived in urban areas where they could vote

Question 6

What effect did the black vote have for african americans involved in politics?

Answer 6

more African Americans began to filter into congress like William.L.Dawson in 1943 and Adam Clayton Powell Jr in 1945