The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States founded in Columbus, Ohio, in December 1886 by an alliance of craft unions disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association. Samuel Gompers of the Cigar Makers' International Union was elected president at its founding convention and reelected every year, except one, until his death in 1924. The AFL was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th century, even after the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) by unions which were expelled by the AFL in 1935 over its opposition to industrial unionism. The Federation was founded and dominated by craft unions throughout its first fifty years, after which many craft union affiliates turned to organizing on an industrial union basis to meet the challenge from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1940s.
The government regulates the economy for the benefit of the public through two approaches: monetary policy and fiscal policy. Through monetary policy, the government exercises its power to regulate the money supply and level of interest rates. Through fiscal policy, it uses its power to tax and to spend.
The creation of poor people caused the idea of America to fall apart because America said, "everyone has an equal opportunity." The creation of poor people begs to differ. hope this helps ig.
