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Q: What was a common goal of the knights of labor and the American federation of labor?
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What labor union replaced the Knights of Labor?

The American Federation of Labor


How were knights of labor different to the American federation of labor?

the knights of labor lack ability to carry out successful strikes


Was the knights of labor a success or fail?

It is incorrect to state that the Knights of Labor were a failure or to suggest that the American Federation of Labor was only modestly successful.


How did employers react to Unions such as the American Federation of Labor and Knights of Labor?

open shop movement


Similarities between the Knights of Labor with the American Federation of Labor?

a shorter workday for workers


What are three examples of early unions?

Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and Industrial Workers of the World.


As a result of the violence of the Great Upheaval many workers?

left the Knights of Labor and joined the American Federation of Labor.


Why did the Knights of Labor accept women?

Yes, they accepted women, blacks, skilled and unskilled laborers. The American Federation of Labor did not.


What was the first labor union called?

the knights of labor


What issue crystallized the dispute between the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of War?

The eigth-hour workday


The Knights of Labor was more interested in what than the American Federation of Labor?

What "The Knights of Labor" were most interested in is open to interpretation. It depends solely upon what an individual perceives as the true motivation and ultimate goal of the Knights of Labor. Essentially, it was a National Union. Factoid** As the organization splintered and fell into obscurity one group formed what is now the AFL-CIO. The Knights of Labor was more interested in broad reform.


What way was the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) different from the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?

The CIO organized all workers within an industry.