The Knights of Labor believed that conflict between capital and labor would disappear when...A. Labor would own and operate busi
nesses and industriesB. The government owned the means of productionC. Workers accepted the concept of craft unionsD. Business would understand the principles of social justiceE. Labor controlled the government
In its beginning, the secret Noble Order of the Knights of Labor (founded in 1869) proposed to replace capitalism with a system of worker cooperatives. Ten years later it became public and shredded the "noble" from its name. For a long time, it focused on economic benefits for its members.
