City dwellers, blue-collar workers, Catholic and Jewish immigrants, blacks and southerners who elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to the presidency were called __________.

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The group of voters described in the question came together to form what is known as the New Deal coalition, which was made up of diverse groups including urbanites, laborers, immigrants, African Americans, and Southern voters. This coalition helped elect Franklin D. Roosevelt to the presidency and was a key factor in the success of his New Deal policies. The other options (A) Progressives and (B) Populists were political movements that occurred earlier in history, and (D) Rainbow Coalition was a political organization in the 1980s.

City Dwellers, Blue-Collar Workers, Catholic and Jewish Immigrants, Blacks and Southerners