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CLEP US History II

Category - Labor

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In the 1880s, which labor federation became the largest in the United States?
  1. National Labor Union
  2. Knights of Labor
  3. American Federation of Labor
  4. Women’s Trade Union League
  5. Teamsters
Explanation
Answer: C - In 1881, Samuel Gompers founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, which changed its name to the American Federation of Labor in 1886, at the time that it was becoming the largest labor federation in the country. Under Gompers, the AFL operated like a business unto itself. Initially, they only admitted skilled, white male laborers.
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