Please pick at four "lines" of lyrics from the Peter Seeger song "Talking Union" (1940) and explain how they are connected to real historical events from the history of the labor movement in the 1930's.  Pick one historical term from the labor movement, define it, and explain how the lyrics Pete Seeger wrote for his song reflect that real-life historical term.  Here is a list of terms from the labor movement that Pete Seeger knew about when he wrote the song "Talkin' Union: the 1934 General Strikes in San Francisco, Toledo, and Minneapolis John L. Lewis and the Committee (and then Congress) of Industrial Organizations (CIO) the Flint/GM Sit-Down Strike the United Auto Workers the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) The Memorial Day Massacre Write a 300 word paragraph that explains how "Talkin' Union" by Pete Seeger illustrates the history of the labor movement in the 1930's

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Please pick at four "lines" of lyrics from the Peter Seeger song "Talking Union" (1940) and explain how they are connected to real historical events from the history of the labor movement in the 1930's.  Pick one historical term from the labor movement, define it, and explain how the lyrics Pete Seeger wrote for his song reflect that real-life historical term. 

Here is a list of terms from the labor movement that Pete Seeger knew about when he wrote the song "Talkin' Union:

  • the 1934 General Strikes in San Francisco, Toledo, and Minneapolis
  • John L. Lewis and the Committee (and then Congress) of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
  • the Flint/GM Sit-Down Strike
  • the United Auto Workers
  • the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC)
  • The Memorial Day Massacre

Write a 300 word paragraph that explains how "Talkin' Union" by Pete Seeger illustrates the history of the labor movement in the 1930's 

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