Most, not all. Some whites lived in poverty too, so they couldn't afford slaves.
The answer is Spiro Agnew. Agnew was governor of Maryland when Nixon picked him as his running mate.
Washington had been a general and in command for years, serving for the colonies and had leadership experience and proved his skill in decision making. He operated his troops well and commanded respect from everyone he encountered, making him the only president to have a unanimous vote in his favor.
There are many reasons for the government to step in and create policy after policy during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was essentially caused by people buying things with money they didn't have, which in turn made the economy tank and made TONS of people poor and unable to purchase basic necessities. So the government created a the New Deal, which is essentially a ton of programs that allowed younger teenagers to work to help supplement the family, but also to build new infrastructure for roads, highways, dams, etc.. Without the new deal, and all of those policies we would've been unprepared for the upcoming World War 2