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Zorluk: OrtaThe New Deal: Policies, Reforms, and Debates

"It is the duty of the government to protect the right of the workers to organize and bargain collectively. The National Labor Relations Act has given labor a voice that can no longer be ignored by industrial barons. Under this legislation, workers are finally achieving a semblance of industrial democracy, moving away from the paternalistic and coercive practices of the past."
— Labor leader John L. Lewis, radio address, 1936

The passage of the legislation described in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following developments during the 1930s?

  1. A
    The immediate end of the Great Depression through the achievement of full employment in the industrial sector
  2. B
    The establishment of federal health insurance programs like Medicare to guarantee medical care for industrial union members
  3. A political realignment of working-class voters and labor unions toward the Democratic PartyCevap
  4. D
    The adoption of the Populist Party's Omaha Platform, including the nationalization of all major industries

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A political realignment of working-class voters and labor unions toward the Democratic Party
The correct answer is correct because the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) of 1935 significantly strengthened organized labor. This federal support caused labor unions and working-class urban voters to mobilize heavily in support of Franklin D. Roosevelt, serving as a cornerstone of the New Deal Coalition and leading to a long-term realignment of American political parties.

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1
Analyze the historical context and source content.
The source is a 1936 speech by labor leader John L. Lewis praising the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) of 1935.
Identifying the legislation and the perspective of the author clarifies that the focus is on New Deal labor reforms.
2
Evaluate the political consequences of the Wagner Act.
By protecting the right to unionize and bargain collectively, the federal government under FDR aligned itself with organized labor, which drove working-class and union voters to support the Democratic Party.
This establishes the link between New Deal policies and the resulting electoral realignment (the New Deal Coalition).
3
Eliminate incorrect distractors based on historical accuracy.
The New Deal did not fully cure the Great Depression (WWII mobilization did), Medicare belongs to the 1960s Great Society, and the Omaha Platform belongs to the Gilded Age Populists.
This confirms the correct option by systematically ruling out alternatives that rely on common historical errors and chronological conflations.

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The New Deal Coalition and Political Realignment
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