Consequences of the Depression
Interpreting Statistics
Creation of Federal Regulatory Agencies Before 1900 5
1900-09 1 1910-19
4 1920-29 2
1930-39 11 1940-49 2
1950-59 2 1960-69
6 1970-79 20
Organized Labor Membership 1930
3 million 1935 3 million
1940 9 million 1945 14 million
1950 14 million 1955
15 million 1960 17 million
1965 18 million 1970 20 million
1975
20 million
Organized Labor as a Share of the Work Force
1930 12 percent 1935
14 percent 1940 25 percent
1945 35 percent 1950 32 percent
1955 34 percent 1960
30 percent 1965 29 percent
1970 27 percent
1975
25 percent
Questions To Think About
1. When did federal regulatory agencies increase most rapidly?
2. When did the organized labor grow most rapidly?