The Knights of Labor Declined for All the Following Reasons

question 17

Multiple Choice

The Knights of Labor declined for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

• A) popular fears that the organization was too radical
• B) its leader Terrance Powderly died
• C) the Haymarket affair discredited the union
• D) its leadership was devoted more to reform than to the nuts and bolts of organization
• E) their preoccupation with local politics

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