1933,1170,000 workers went on strike, and the footsteps of hungry people could be heard all over the United States. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, Oklahoma, crowds of people broke into grocery stores and meat markets and grabbed everything on the shelves. 4000 people occupied the state capitol in Lincoln, California. In Seattle, Washington, 5,000 people occupied the city hall building on the 10 floor. In Chicago, 5000 unbearable teachers broke into the bank in the city center. The unemployed in Ohio marched into the Columbus City Council Building and shouted the slogan "Building a country of workers, peasants and peasants".