The UAW strike against General Motors' Flint, Michigan plant succeeded in part because:
A) Michigan Governor Frank Murphy called in the National Guard to protect the strikers.
B) GM was desperate for additional workers and gave in to their demands.
C) President Roosevelt threatened to nationalize the plant if the strike was not ended.
D) communist members of the CIO agreed to resign as a condition of ending the strike.
Answer: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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