Consider what you’ve learned about the reasons for unions’ growth. Why did the Knights of Labor and other unions grow so rapidly in the late 1800s?

Successful negotiations and strikes convinced workers that joining a union could be helpful.

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an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.