THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Knights of Labor
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Bishops of Labor
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Pawns of Labor
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Rooks of Labor
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Knights’ membership collapsed following the 1886 Haymarket Square riot in Chicago.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago, Illinois, in 1886, the Knights of Labor declined as an effective organization. Powderly resigned as the organization’s head in 1893, unable to bring the organization’s membership together on how best to fight for improved conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Attacks on Chinese Workers The Knights saw Asian immigrants as competition that employers would use to keep down their wages. They supported the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885, which barred companies from bringing unskilled laborers into the United States to work under contract.
Detailed explanation-4: -The AFL focused on winning economic benefits for its members through collective bargaining. As a federation, it represented several national craft unions that each retained autonomous operations. The Knights, by contrast, represented both craft and unskilled workers in a single national union.