The difference is that the older union tend to pursue practical things such as fair wages, number of holidays, and working hours.
The newer union on the other hand, tend to focus on something that related to social justice, such as fair treatment between each races, same opportunity to rise the ladder, etc.
The explosion of the USS Maine and the practice of yellow journalism played a significant role in the 1. public's support for the Spanish-American War. The USS Maine was stationed outside of Havana, Cuba (then a colony of Spain). Its explosion was widely (and most likely incorrectly) attributed to Spanish tampering and thus was used as a reason to declare war. Yellow journalism spread these messages to the public who widely believed the insidious nature of the Spanish illustrated by this journalism.
Yes, they were. They were told to bring only enough things for a few days and leave the rest, as they would return in a few days.
