FDR and the New Deal
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US History [1]
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Labor’s Upsurge: Rise of the CIO
- Between 1932 and 1942 union membership rose by more than 4 times
- Committee for Industrial Organization - wanted to group workers by industry, not craft- Wanted to include blacks and women
- Sit-down strikes: Workers refused to work, but stayed in the factory
- CIO membership grew to nearly 4 million people Became the Congress of Industrial Organizations
The New Deal Coalition at High Tide
- FDR’s opponents called the New Deal “socialistic” and criticized his central power
- On election day, FDR carried every state except Maine and Vermont
- Very popular among blue-collar workers and farmers
The Dust Bowl
- Overcropping stripped the soil in the plains of its nutrients, and it dried up and died