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Cultural - Jonathon  The New Deal Programs had profound impacts on American culture. Until Roosevelt's New Deal Programs most African Americans supported the Republican Party, or the party of Abraham Lincoln. After the New Deal nearly 75% of African Americans were voting for the Democrats, and this shift was cemented as the Republican party did little to retaliate (Mintz). However the New Deal Programs did not always help minorities as much as the majority. The Agricultural Adjustment Acts restricted the amount of agricultural goods that could be produced to decrease the foodstuff surplus. This was very beneficial to farm owners which were generally white and was devastating for tenant farmers and sharecroppers (Princeton). Since over 40% of African Americans made their living off of farms, over 100,000 African Americans were forced off the land between 1933 and 1934 (Mintz). This led many African Americans to refer to the National Recovery Act (NRA) as the “Negro Removal Act” (Kersch). Works Cited Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). “African Americans and the New Deal.” Digital History. 3 Feb. 2015. Kersch, Ken. gmu, George Mason University. 2002. Web. 2 Feb. 2015. Princeton, Princeton, Web. 2 Feb. 2015.

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The New Deal was FDR’s push of many programs, designed to help Americans after the Great Depression. The goal of the New Deal was to help people get jobs and get back on their feet. This, however, was not true for all Americans. Many of the new programs gave more opportunities or preferential treatment to whites over blacks, such as the NRA. The NRA gave whites the first chance at jobs, and also authorized a separate and lower pay scale for African Americans (Mintz). The original goal of the New Deal was to help Americans after the Great Depression. While this was happening, many more whites had more opportunities than blacks, and in some cases the New Deal programs helped increase this segregation (“African Americans and the New Deal”). The New Deal was the cause of a huge shift in parties for many African Americans because of its preference for whites, and the help that was supposed to be given by the programs was often biased. Works Cited

Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). “African Americans and the New Deal.” Digital History. 3 Feb. 2015. "African Americans and the New Deal: A Look Back in History." Roosevelt Institute. n.p, n.d. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.

Audience - Elizabeth   While FDR made the New Deal for more people to get jobs, it inadvertently blocked the African American sector of the work force from the benefits. In order for the New Deal to be put in place to begin with, “...Roosevelt needed the support of southern Democrats. Time and time again, he backed away from equal rights to avoid antagonizing southern whites” (Mintz). This in turn allowed representatives to swing the bills so that they could not have an affect on African Americans. In doing so, the bill was targeted to assist the whites of the country more than any other race. A perfect example of this is the case of the Wagner Act. This act,“...had originally been drafted with a provision prohibiting racial discrimination. But the American Federation of Labor successfully lobbied against it, and it was dropped. AFL unions used their new power, granted by the Wagner Act, to exclude blacks on a large scale” (Powell). Overall, excluding African Americans from the work force only made it more difficult to get the country out of depression, as more families had to rely on the government for assistance. Overall, the New Deal--which was geared towards whites (despite FDR’s original intent)--added multiple layers to the state of economic crisis in the USA. While it did assist many people, it left hundreds of thousands in the dark. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. (2013). “African Americans and the New Deal.” //Digital History//. 3 Feb. 2015. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Powell, Jim. "Why Did FDR's New Deal Harm Blacks?" //Cato Institute.// Cato Institute, 3 Dec. 2003. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.

Historical - Meagan The New Deal Programs were implemented in the United States between the years of 1933 and 1938. These New Deal programs were supposed to assist those after the Great Depression, but unfortunately did not necessarily help African Americans as much. Franklin Roosevelt proposed the National Industrial Recovery Administration in 1933, but "it did not fare well with African American press," (Kersch). When the NIRA was struck down in 1935 for being Unconstitutional, the African American population was joyous due to the fact most of these programs would not be beneficial to them. The African Americans were ecstatic that their rights would not be infringed upon by these programs. Yet, the discrimination of African Americans did not end when the NIRA was deemed Unconstitutional. The Wagner Act created in 1935 was a huge blow to African Americans, because it allowed labor union monopolies to be legal in the United Stated. When legalized, "the Wagner Act raised the number of insiders (those with jobs) who had the incentive and ability to exclude outsiders (those without jobs)the Wagner Act raised the number of insiders (those with jobs) who had the incentive and ability to exclude outsiders (those without jobs)," (Powell). At this point in history, African Americans wished tot progress like white individuals, but were not receiving necessary aid to do so. Instead the New Deal Programs were putting a barrier up for African Americans and equality.

Kersch, Ben I. “Blacks and Labor.” //George Mason University//. George Mason University, 2002. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.

Powell, Jim. “Why did FDR’s New Deal Harm Blacks?” // Cato Institute //. Cato Institute, 3 Dec. 2003. Web. 3 Feb. 2015.