Which statement about the Haymarket Affair is FALSE?
a. A bomb exploded, killing a police officer.
b. Laborers were gathered at Haymarket Square to protest recent killings of strikers by police.
c. The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
d. Employers took the opportunity to paint the labor movement as a dangerous and un-American force prone to violence and controlled by foreign-born radicals.
Ans: c. The Knights of Labor was directly responsible for the violence that took place at Haymarket.
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