Match the following unions to their descriptions.

1. Industrial Workers of the World
2. Knights of Labor
3. American Federation of Labor
4. National Labor Union

a. Considered a reform union and founded in 1866, this union sponsored the Labor Reform party its goals of and reforming the capitalist system to one of consumer and producer cooperatives through legal reform and political action.
b. Founded in 1869, this union favored arbitration as a method for achieving its goals of education, enlightenment, and reform of the capitalist system to one of consumer and producer cooperatives through employee savings. As an uplift union, this union was concerned with improving social conditions, particularly through education.
c. Founded in 1905, this union also favored the use of strikes in its efforts to abolish the wage-earning system and institute worker control over production. As a revolutionary union, it is known for its willingness to use violence and social discord to achieve its ends.
d. Founded in 1886, this union used strikes as its primary weapon in achieving economic gains for workers. Considered the first business union.


1. c. Founded in 1905, this union also favored the use of strikes in its efforts to abolish the wage-earning system and institute worker control over production. As a revolutionary union, it is known for its willingness to use violence and social discord to achieve its ends.
2. b. Founded in 1869, this union favored arbitration as a method for achieving its goals of education, enlightenment, and reform of the capitalist system to one of consumer and producer cooperatives through employee savings. As an uplift union, this union was concerned with improving social conditions, particularly through education.
3. d. Founded in 1886, this union used strikes as its primary weapon in achieving economic gains for workers. Considered the first business union.
4. a. Considered a reform union and founded in 1866, this union sponsored the Labor Reform party its goals of and reforming the capitalist system to one of consumer and producer cooperatives through legal reform and political action.

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