Question

What provided the biggest obstacle to labor union success in the latter half of the nineteenth century?

A. Federal laws, mostly passed during the Cleveland administration, forced labor unions to meet all sorts of criteria in order to organize.
B. As industry spread throughout the country, workers were dispersed, so the labor movement consisted of only tiny, isolated uprisings.
C. Andrew Carnegie won over the hearts of middle-class America with his "Gospel of Wealth" leaving workers with little sympathy from the general public.
D. The Civil War left the country struggling with civil rights issues, so the plight of industrial workers was not a national priority.
E. The flow of immigrants into the country increased dramatically in the last two decades of the 19th century.

Answer 1

E. The flow of immigrants into the country increased dramatically in the last two decades of the 19th century.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the reasons why unions were not more powerful in the latter half of the nineteenth century was because the flow of immigrants into the country increased dramatically. This meant that workers had little bargaining power as they could easily be replaced. Moreover, people who had recently arrived to the country were less likely to be involved in politics and participate in unions, due to economic necessity or language and cultural barriers.