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Minorities During The Great Depression
 Minorites had a tougher time than white people during the Great Depression. Only 25% of whites in America lost their job, while 50% of minorities lost their job during the Great Depression. The minorites were looked down on by unemployed white men who felt that they should have the jobs and the minorities should be deported back to where they come from.

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QUESTION: What were the effects of the program on the people? ANSWER: The National Youth Administration extended from 1935-1943 as a part of the W.P.A. Lead by Aubrey Willis Williams, the NYA hired boys and girls from relief families for part-time work(including job training) that eaned them $10-$25 per month. Out of school youth were the mainfocal point of the program and most of the effort centered around the labor of these young men and women. Not only were young men given the opprutunity to earn jobs, but also young women were given labor to earn an income. Generally the youth lived at home, and worked construction and repair projects. "The Annual budget for the program was approximately $58,000,000. Another Division of the N.Y.A, the National Youth Administration Negro Division was formed to create better and more opportunities for Negro youth around the U.S. In a survey taken in 1935, out of 20, 126,794 youth living in America, 87.2% were white and only 12.8% were colored. At that time, slim, if any opportunities were available for Negro youth. The federal Government noticed this and attacked the situation head on. Time was taken to analyze and evaluate diffferent ways in which youth labor could be of use. Through the Federal Government's actions, we now have these programs to promote youth around the country.

QUESTION: What were the effects of the program on the Economy? ANSWER: The efforts of the National Youth Administration not only created jobs for youth around the country, it also helped boost a(n) struggling economy. By the N.Y.A. hiring youth labor, money was put in to circulate through the economy. Think of this as a chain. The N.Y.A hires youth labor which then earns a wage for there job. These wages can than be used to purchase goods. These goods being purchased were from struggling businesses and the income being used to build the businesses and hire workers. By the workers being hired businesses were able to branch out and become better than what they had once been. This chain has continued up to what we now know today as our, economy. The way in which the N.Y.A was able to create not only jobs and opprotunity for youth, but also help bolster a sagging economy is way in which our economy is what it is today. Through the ideas of the Federal Government and their hope for social programs, we have the National Youth Administration which helped all youth become something better than what they had been, a minority.