Which of the following is true of the Knights of Labor under the leadership of Terence Powderly?
a. It sought to establish a cooperative society in which workers owned the means of production.
b. It changed its name to the American Federation of Labor in 1886.
c. It instigated the Haymarket riot.
d. It refused membership to blacks and women.
a
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The Ethiopians and Portuguese allied in order to
A) extend Christianity into the Arabian peninsula. B) control the trade routes through the Red Sea. C) expel the Muslims. D) establish a western African empire. E) form a centralized government in Ethiopia.
Abraham Lincoln played a role in which phase of Reconstruction?
A. Congressional Reconstruction B. Presidential Reconstruction C. Wartime Reconstruction D. Abraham Lincoln played a leading role in all phases of Reconstruction.
All the following factors inhibited the growth of better labor standards EXCEPT
A. ethnic divisions among workers. B. the political strength of industrial capitalists. C. the inability of women to form craft unions. D. laws and courts hostile to the labor movement. E. the large number of immigrant workers.