The Industrial Workers of the World

question 25

Multiple Choice

The Industrial Workers of the World:

• A) had its origin in the mining and lumber camps of the West
• B) was less radical than the American Federation of Labor
• C) ended suddenly when its 1912 textile strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts, failed to win any concessions for the workers
• D) ended in 1903 when the organization's officers were convicted of embezzling most of its funds
• E) were known as the Know-Nothings

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