1) The federal government vastly expanded its power to provide social welfare, protect workers, and even redistribute wealth to the American middle- and working-classes during the 1930s & '40s, in response to the ravages of the Great Depression & World War II. How were African Americans impacted by these New Deal & wartime federal programs and how did their situation compare with those of white Americans? Please: a. provides specific examples of federal programs that did (or did not) impact the lives of African Americans; b. explain how and why their impacts differed from white Americans, and c. provide examples of how African Americans responded to and/or helped to shape this expanded, if deeply unequal, social welfare state.

1) The federal government vastly expanded its power to provide social welfare, protect workers, and even redistribute wealth to the American middle- and working-classes during the 1930s & '40s, in response to the ravages of the Great Depression & World War II. How were African Americans impacted by these New Deal & wartime federal programs and how did their situation compare with those of white Americans? Please: a. provides specific examples of federal programs that did (or did not) impact the lives of African Americans; b. explain how and why their impacts differed from white Americans, and c. provide examples of how African Americans responded to and/or helped to shape this expanded, if deeply unequal, social welfare state.