Question

During the Depression, what was the relationship between African Americans’ health and African Americans’ standard of living? Select the best answer from the choices provided. A. Black people's health decreased with the black family's standard of living. B. Black people's health increased with the black family's standard of living. C. No correlation existed between the two. D. Neither of the two shifted much during the Great Depression.

Answer 1

During the Depression, A) Black people's health decreased with the black family's standard of living.

Step-by-step explanation:

Many black clinics, hospitals, and nurse-training schools failed during the Depression and African American health declined with the lower standard of living for black people. Therefore, Black doctors and nurses began to encourage African Americans to demand health care at white-only facilities.