Question

which was an organization of craft unions focused on improving wages and working conditions?
○ samuel gompers’s american federation of labor
○ terence v. powderly’s knights of labor
○ eugene debs’s american railway union
○ bill haywood’s industrial workers of the world

Explanation:

The American Federation of Labor (AFL), led by Samuel Gompers, was an organization of craft unions focused on improving wages and working conditions. The Knights of Labor (Terence V. Powderly) was a broader union, the American Railway Union (Eugene Debs) was an industrial union, and the Industrial Workers of the World (Bill Haywood) was a radical industrial union. So the correct option is Samuel Gompers’s American Federation of Labor.

Answer:

A. Samuel Gompers’s American Federation of Labor