WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Renewed faith in labor unions/ caused an increase in members
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The public in general turned against labor unions in America
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Unions led robber barrons to encourage workers to join unions
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Public realized that unions were key to political recognition
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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: -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-3: -The Haymarket Riot was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America, which was fighting for such rights as the eight-hour workday. At the same time, the men convicted in connection with the riot were viewed by many in the labor movement as martyrs.