The Powhatan natives helped out the colonists of James town, and at first the colonists were grateful, but then it changed because the colonists started to treat the natives like slaves, also in 1609, 400 more settlers came to Jamestown, as a response the natives attacked the colonists.
Defend until the North gave up--essentially the South believed they had more conviction than the North and that would win out.
The South had an idea to fight for and believed they could survive on their own. The South relied on their ports and did not have as many supplies as the North but they had something to fight for. The North lacked morale and a mission. It was also believed by some that the South had the right to leave and the North had no right to stop them through military action.
It would likely be "skilled workers" who would have been most likely to criticize the Knights of Labor, since many skilled laborers and factory owners saw this Union as allowing for unfair bargaining power on behalf of the workers.
