-Faced discrimination in the workplace
-The attitude towards working women was that women took jobs away from men
-National Recovery Administration (NRA) set wage codes lowering minimum wage for women
-Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and the Civil Works Administration (CWA) hired less women than men; Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) only hired men
*****Although there were these barriers, there was a slight increase in the overall percentage of women working
1. A number of New Deal programs (i.e. : NRA, CCC, TVA) discriminated against African Americans by giving them lower wages
2. African Americans sought to address this discrimination by organizing the Southern Tenant Farmers Union which advocated protecting the rights of African American and white tenant farmers and sharecroppers
*****In general, African Americans supported FDR (as well as his administration) and the New Deal because they had hope that the New Deal provided a path towards a better future
Colonists were happy with the relationships they maintained with Britain as the colonies were free to mostly legislate themselves. Victory and pride after the French and Indian War helped fuel this positive attitude as well. It wasn't until the Stamp Act was passed that colonists began to see Britain negatively and even then opinion was still split.
The short answer is: "to a great extent". The entire plan of the Federalists was to create a strong central government instead of having many autonomous states. Of course this occasionally went against national unity in the sense that some people were opposed to this plan, but in general they favored unity.
