USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

ROBBER BARONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This was the first labor union formed
A
Knights of Labor
B
National Miners’ Union
C
American Pullman’s Union
D
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Knights of Labor was a union founded in 1869. The Knights pressed for the eight-hour work day for laborers, and embraced a vision of a society in which workers, not capitalists, would own the industries in which they labored.

Detailed explanation-2: -The National Labor Union was the first attempt in the United States to organize a national federation of labor when labor groups met in Baltimore beginning on August 20, 1866.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Knights of Labor was a labor organization established in 1869. It served as an umbrella organization for other unions that joined it. The Knights of Labor’s founder was Uriah Stevens.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Knights of Labor, formally called The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, were members of an American labor federation and union effort originally founded in 1869.

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