Question

Which of the following best describes Samuel Gompers’s role in relation to the goals of organized labor?

Answer 1

D) He was the first president of the largest labor organization in the world.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer choices are :

A) He was the founder and first mayor of Pullman, Illinois.

B) He was a labor leader who created the first wildcat strike.

C) He was a US congressman who sponsored anti-striking legislation.

D) He was the first president of the largest labor organization in the world.

Correct answer choice is :

D) He was the first president of the largest labor organization in the world.

Explanation:

Gompers supported found the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in 1881 as a combination of like-minded unions. In 1886 it was restructured into the American Federation of Labor, with Gompers as its president. With the exemption of one year, 1895, he would continue as president of the organization until his death.