In the early 1930s, as the nation slid toward the depths of depression, the future of organized labor seemed bleak. In 1933, the number of labor union members was around 3 million, compared to 5 million a decade before. Most union members in 1933 belonged to skilled craft unions, most of which were affiliated with the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
The union movement had failed in the previous 50 years to organize the much larger number of laborers in such mass production industries as steel, textiles, mining, and automobiles. These, rather than the skilled crafts, were to be the major growth industries of the first half of the 20th century.
Although the future of labor unions looked grim in 1933, their fortunes would soon change. The tremendous gains labor unions experienced in the 1930s resulted, in part, from the pro-union stance of the Roosevelt administration and from legislation enacted by Congress during the early New Deal. The National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) provided for collective bargaining. The 1935 National Labor Relations Act (also known as the Wagner Act) required businesses to bargain in good faith with any union supported by the majority of their employees. Meanwhile, the Congress of Industrial Organizations split from the AFL and became much more aggressive in organizing unskilled workers who had not been represented before. Strikes of various kinds became important organizing tools of the CIO.
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As servants of the daimyos, or great lords, the samurai backed up the authority of the shogun and gave him power over the mikado (emperor). The samurai would dominate Japanese government and society until the Meiji Restoration of 1868 led to the abolition of the feudal system. The role of the samurai in peacetime declined gradually over this period, but two factors led to the end of samurai: the urbanization of Japan, and the end of isolationism. As more and more Japanese moved to the cities, there were fewer farmers producing the rice needed to feed the growing population
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The correct answers are "a runaway slave" and "an abolitionist".
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Frederick Douglass was born as a slave in Maryland, but managed to escape and become a renown activist and leader in the abolitionist movement. Since he was such a good orator and very eloquent, many pro-slavers found it very hard to believe in his skills. Pro-slavers stated that slaves didn't have the intellectual capacity to live as independent citizens.
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Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).
The correct answer is C.) Lack of diversification in industry, growth was experienced in only a few industries while others suffered.
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Option A.) is factually incorrect - there was actually a mass overproduction in the agricultural economy, not “too few farm products.” Farmers actually produced more food than consumers wanted.
Option B.) - Yes, there was indisputably an uneven distribution of wealth; however, it was not in the favor of the farmers. In fact, many farmers were left in sever debt following the agriculture economic crisis.
Option D.) - While there were probably technological advances to a certain degree, it would be incorrect to say there were “too many jobs.” Unemployment rates in the U.S. during the Great Depression reached nearly 25% at its highest (which may not sound drastic, but it absolutely is.) This was one of the highest unemployment rates in history, and it affected most of the industrialized world in the West.
