What were the goals of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s?

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Under the leadership of Terence V. Powderly, the Knights of Labor sought to unite all workers.
2. According to the Knights, business monopolies and corrupt politicians everywhere shared a common interest in exploiting the labor of ordinary men and women
3. The Knights advocated a return to the time when workers controlled their own labor and received a just price for the products they made.
4. In condemning the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, the Knights drew on the ideas of popular social critics of the day.

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What will be an ideal response?

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