The defense of property rights and ability to move that property is what motivated southerners in their determination to expand slavery into western territories. Among the 34 states as of January 1861, seven slave states in the south announced their separation from the US. They formed the "confederacy" of the south. They added eleven more states although they claimed 13 states and more western territories.<span> </span>
To the best of my knowledge the answer is: an union founded in 1869, The Knights of Labor, is considered to be the first industrial union which admitted skilled and unskilled workers, women, and African‐Americans. This inclusive policy contributed to its growth, and the union boasted more than 700,000 members by the mid‐1880s. The program of the Knights of Labor was involved both reform ideas and specific worker demands. It was led by Terence V. Powderly, and they welcomed unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled workers into their ranks as well as immigrants, African Americans and women.
D. assuring that all people are treated equally in the workplace and in schools