Which of the Following Statements About the Haymarket Affair Is

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the Haymarket Affair is correct?

• A) The explosion of a bomb during the protest fueled employers' efforts to paint the labor movement as dangerous and un-American.
• B) The Knights of Labor gained a reputation for peaceful protests that helped them achieve notoriety and evolve into a major political party.
• C) Several members of the president's cabinet left in disgrace in response to the revelation that they had engaged in bribery.
• D) The demonstration brought about laxer immigration laws and significantly improved the experiences of immigrants in the United States.
• E) Race riots in major cities resulted in Congress doing away with the last of the legislation left over from Reconstruction.

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