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This 3 page paper discusses the New Deal, the Black Cabinet, and the effect of New Deal policies on the lives of African Americans. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the nation out of the Great Depression, some of the policies he put into practice in the New Deal were questionable. This paper briefly considers his administration, the "Black Cabinet"
and its effects on black progress, and the effect of New Deal agencies on the lives of African-Americans. Discussion The centerpiece of the Roosevelt administration is the "New Deal." This
was a series of programs designed to help lift Americans out of the Depression; it included the establishment of the FDIC and the REA ("FDR and the Depression"). The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation "insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government. If an FDIC bank failed, the government would repay the depositors their money" ("FDR and the Depression"). The
FDIC is still operating. The REA or Rural Electrification Administration "loaned money to extend electricity to rural areas. Soon instead of one out of ten farms having electricity, one out
of four had it" ("FDR and the Depression"). FDR also established the WPA and AAA (below); and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) ("FDR and the Depression"). The Civilian Conservation Corps
"provided jobs for single men between the ages of 18 and 25. The men developed new parks, built bridges, planted trees, and helped with flood control projects" ("FDR and the
Depression"). They were paid $1.00 per day for their work ("FDR and the Depression"). The "Black Cabinet" was part of the New Deal as well. Recognizing that African-Americans needed assistance,
FDR established a group to consider issues specific to the black community. This is the "Black Cabinet"; it is an "informal term applied to a network of black advisors and
administrators of the New Deal in the 1930s" ("New Deal"). There were two groups under the "umbrella" of the larger Black Cabinet; the first was called the "Interdepartmental Group Concerned
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