New Deal Findings: Labor - 2 views

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  #1 Kay Bradley on 24 Mar 11

   

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  #2 Alex Sommer on 29 Mar 11

   

  -Stock market crashed in October of 1929
  -Mexicans and blacks were hit the hardest (40-50% of black workers were unemployed by 1932, in Chicago)
  -Unemployment for all races increased by 607%
  -Many Americans joined labor unions (almost 9 million)
  -FDR helped unions and collective bargaining with the Wagner Act
  
  Sources: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/542.html
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
  http://economics.about.com/od/laborinamerica/a/greatdepression.htm

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">-Stock market crashed in October of 1929 <br /> -Mexicans and blacks were hit the hardest (40-50% of black workers were unemployed by 1932, in Chicago) <br /> -Unemployment for all races increased by 607% <br /> -Many Americans joined labor unions (almost 9 million) <br /> -FDR helped unions and collective bargaining with the Wagner Act <br /> <br /> Sources: <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/542.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/542.html</a> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression</a> <br /> <a href="http://economics.about.com/od/laborinamerica/a/greatdepression.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://economics.about.com/od/laborinamerica/a/greatdepression.htm</a></div>

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