WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ROBBER BARONS
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Decline of the Knights of Labor
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Rally for public opinion in favor of workers
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Victory of workers in the Homestead Strikes
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Break up of the American Federation of Labor
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Haymarket Affair created panic and hysteria in Chicago and increased anti-labour and anti-immigrant sentiment and suspicion of the international anarchist movement, throughout the country (several Chicago labour leaders were anarchist immigrants from Germany).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Haymarket Riot (1886) affected the Knights of Labor by contributing to the decline of the labor organization. At one point in its history, the Knights of Labor had up to 700, 000 members spread out in regional chapters throughout the United States. This would change after the Haymarket Riot.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the aftermath of the Haymarket Riot and subsequent trial and executions, public opinion was divided. For some people, the events led to a heightened anti-labor sentiment, while others (including labor organizers around the world) believed the men had been convicted unfairly and viewed them as martyrs.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was a consequence of the Haymarket Riot? Decline of knights of labor.