During the 1920s,the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
A) used strikes in an attempt to organize unskilled workers.
B) believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills.
C) created a partner organization, the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
D) decided to shift away from craft unions.
E) became more radical after the death of Samuel Gompers.

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During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) believed in organizing workers on the basis of skills. They supported craft unions and focused on gaining benefits and higher wages for skilled workers. They did not try to organize unskilled workers, which led to the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s, which focused on organizing industrial workers regardless of their skills. The AFL and the CIO later merged in 1955.