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The automobile industry survived many upheavals in the 1930s. It remained, despite the foundering economy, the dominant industry in the United States. The Big Three expanded as the independent companies were forced out of business. The industry also weathered a changing of the guard as Ford fell from first to third place and GM took its place in the forefront. Most significantly, the automakers eventually accepted industrial democracy in the plants. The wave of unionization, supported by the Roosevelt administration, swept the country and could have been even more violent if the leaders of the auto companies did not realize that they were fighting a losing battle. Taken together, the events of the 1930s solidified the strength of the automobile industry and set the tone for the mobilization effort in World War II and the booming years of the 1950s.
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Anthony J. Badger, The...
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