Question

Which statement describes the public's reaction to early labor unions?

Answer 1

D. many people distrusted unions because some were organized by socialisrs

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) many people distrusted unions because some were organized by socialists.

The statement that describes the public's reaction to early labor unions was "many people distrusted unions because some were organized by socialists."

Many people in America did not like the idea of labor unions in the beginning because they considered unions were led by socialists that were considered radical people. Although there were labor incidents since colonial America times, labor union movements gained some political presence in the 1860s with the presence of the National Labor Union (1866) and the Knights of Labor (1869) that lived its best years in the 1880s.