A major reason John L. Lewis and his followers broke with the AFL and formed the CIO was that
A) the leaders of the AFL wanted to focus on political objectives while Lewis and his followers wanted to focus on economic objectives.
B) Lewis felt that the AFL was growing too fast.
C) the leaders of the AFL wanted to organize only skilled workers, while Lewis and his followers wanted to organize both unskilled and skilled workers.
D) Lewis believed that the AFL would be more flexible and responsive to its members if it split into several smaller organizations, each representing workers with one specific skill.

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The AFL originally limited its membership to skilled workers in craft unions. Over time, an unauthorized committee within the AFL began organizing unskilled and semiskilled workers into industrial unions. In 1935, John L. Lewis, the leader of this unauthorized committee, proposed that the AFL actively organize both craft unions and industrial unions. When the AFL rejected his proposal, Lewis and his followers broke from the AFL to form the CIO.

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