WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Massive gathering of workers forced federal government to place limits on union’s activities
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Workers lost confidence in union’s leadership after union president given details of rally to police
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Union members grew disillusioned as newspapers blamed workers for violence
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Union’s emphasis on recruiting immigrants angered American-born workers
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the effect of the 1886 Haymarket Square riot on labor organizations? The riot increased the popularity of the American Federation of Labor. → The Haymarket bombing caused the labor movement to come under attack.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1886, a national strike for 8-hour workdays led to clashes, deaths, and a bomb in Haymarket Square, Chicago.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Knights of Labor began to steadily lose membership from workers who feared an association with the negatively viewed union. The once mighty Knights of Labor was devastated singlehandedly by the Haymarket affair, and eventually collapsed completely.
Detailed explanation-4: -Radical unionists had called a mass meeting in Haymarket Square to protest police brutality in a strike action. A bomb was thrown into the crowd, killing seven policemen and injuring 60 others. Police and workers fired on each other. Public demand for action led to the arrest of eight anarchists (see anarchism).