History of the United States II / Unit 11 USH2 1504 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Landslide of 1932
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The idea
Roosevelt won by twenty-three million votes to fifteen million, carrying all but six states and over fifty-seven percent of the popular vote.
In practice
A new Democratic coalition of African Americans, ethnic minorities and organised labour.
Where people slip
Three million more people voted than in nineteen twenty-eight, the anchor notes. Unit ten closed on Hoover's defeat.
Your place on the trail
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