Question

The Haymarket riot of 1886 had all the following effects except:
A. Eight anarchists were arrested and 4 of them were hanged.
B. Activism among workers decreased
C. Employers blacklisted people with reputations for organizing their fellow market
D. Skilled and unskilled workers broke apart in two ways
E. Union membership immediately skyrocketed in protest.

Answer 1

Hint: The Haymarket Affair, also known as the Haymarket Riot or Haymarket Massacre, was a violent clash between police and labor protesters in Chicago on May 4, 1886, that became a symbol of the global struggle for workers' rights. It has been related to May Day (May 1) since the Second International declared it as International Workers' Day in 1889.

Complete answer:
In the 1880s, when working conditions were often deplorable and unsafe, and salaries were poor, factory workers began to strike more often in the United States. During this time, there was also a radical group of socialists, communists, and anarchists in the American labor movement who believed the capitalist system should be abolished because it oppressed workers.

The Haymarket Affair ignited worldwide panic and hysteria, sparking anti-labor and anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as mistrust of the international anarchist movement (several Chicago labor leaders were anarchist immigrants from Germany).

The Knights of Labor, then the largest union group in the United States, refused and soon dissolved after being suspected (perhaps unfairly) of participation in the violence, as many locals joined the new, less militant American Federation of Labor.

Hundreds of foreign-born radicals and labor leaders were arrested in Chicago and elsewhere after the Haymarket Square Riot ignited a nationwide wave of xenophobia. Public opinion was divided in the wake of the Haymarket Riot and subsequent trials and executions. The events fueled anti-labor sentiment among others, while others claimed the men were wrongfully imprisoned and regarded them as martyrs.

Hence, the correct answer is option ‘E’.

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