Southeastern+U.S.+during+the+1930s

South in the 1930’s
== In the 1930’s, things when crazy fast. Franklin Roosevelt has become President during the Depression. With the Stock Market Crash in 1929, the Depression was in full bloom and finding a job was very difficult. The South was hit especially hard, because of the civil war. It was harder for whites to get a job then blacks, because blacks worked lower class jobs, not the high dollar jobs that the whites had. == == The South was referred to by Roosevelt as the “US’s number one problem” With government taxes up, and government spending down, it was just a downward spiral for all the civilians in the South. No one could really find a job, and the ones they could find were miniscul at best. The blacks that did work were refered to as "scabs" to cover up a white mans position. == == Many blacks were also divided on how they themselves should be treated. The first group was the illiterate ones that would work on railroads or steamboats. Many blacks and whites considered this group the lowest. The next group was the preachers, businessman, students, and teachers. They believed that blacks should be treated equally with whites. They believed that they should have the same rights, and that they should be educated in many things. The last group was the group that was happy with the life they had. They were the older group of blacks that didn’t know anything else. They were content with the life they had. == == The Great Depression had a huge effect on the Southeast and the people that lived in it. The South had the most problems because of the fact that the South had an extremely low economic status. Finding a job in the South was almost impossible because there weren’t many factories. The South had relied on the slave trade for much of its needs. Without the slave trade it had a low economic status, and jobs were hard to find. This created many problems. Both blacks and whites found it hard to find a job. == ==** Jobs in 1930s consisted of many farmers and with low wage jobs consisting of working in coal mines, iron and steel mills, textile workers and also there were many factories with harsh conditions where women and blacks would work for very low pay. Also with the introduction of the telephone many houses were getting them and telephone operators were in demand. In 1930 70 percent of the milk sold in the U.S was sold door-to-door showing milkman were in demand. **==

==During the Great Depression, many lives were affected. Many African-American’s lived in rural areas and worked on farms owned by white landowners. When the farmers lost their farms, the living conditions of the African-Americans didn’t change much because they already lived in poverty. African-Americans living in urban areas had a much harder life during the Great Depression. Many worked as domestic servants for whites. Some worked for railroads, steel mills, coal mines, and school boards. Some African-Americans made a living as peddlers or street vendors.== ==Despite having these jobs, many jobs were being lost and there wasn’t enough to go around, whites were more likely than blacks to get these jobs. Blacks that did their jobs correctly were even fired just to hire a white man to replace him. Blacks were outraged at the treatment, often complaining to their government officials, but to no avail. More often than not the government officials would side with the white man, sometimes only out of fear of the possibility of a black man taking // their // job.== ==The reason there was segregation was because blacks and whites had always been separated through slavery and the whites didn’t know any better than to keep blacks from whites. Many whites didn’t consider blacks humans, so they treated them like they weren’t. White parents taught their white children their ideals, keeping the mind set the same. So there was no opportunity for blacks to prove themselves or change their social status.==

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**President Franklin D. Roosevelt**