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Knights of Labor
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an organization of workers from all trades formed after the Civil War
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socialism
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system in which the state controls the economy
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Haymarket Affair
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1886 union protest
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Samuel Gompers
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labor leader, founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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a national organization of labor unions founded in 1886 by Samuel Gompers
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Homestead Strike
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violent strike at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead, Pennsylvania, steel mills in 1892
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Pullman Strike
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national railway strike that spread throughout the rail industry in 1894
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Eugene V. Debs
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American Railway Union leader jailed in Pullman strike in 1894
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anarchist
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person who believes in a society that has no government at all
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