Trace the attempts to organize American industrial labor on a national scale during the late nineteenth century and evaluate the success of those attempts

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer: After the Civil War, organization of the National Labor Union represented the first attempt in the United States to form a national labor union. When it failed, the Knights of Labor emerged to take its place, but internal weakness and public reaction to labor violence caused it to decline. The American Federation of Labor then formed, stressing bread-and-butter unionism more compatible with American traditions. Nevertheless, public opinion, government policy, and the courts tended to oppose unionization.