How might the knights of labor have developed if its members had admitted belonging to the union?

a. development would have suffered because many of the workers would have been fired.

b. business leaders would have been more supportive if the knights had been less secretive.

c. the federal government would have been more supportive if the knights had been less secretive.

d. development would have improved because workers would see how popular the union had become.

The answer is A. The appropriate response is letter A. The Knights of Labor's organizer was Uriah Stevens. At to begin with, the Knights of Labor was a mystery association, yet Terence Powderly finished the gathering's mystery after expecting control of the association in 1879. Enrollment developed rapidly, achieving around 700,000 individuals by 1886. 

The Knights advanced the social and social inspire of the workingman, rejected communism and political agitation, requested the eight-hour day, and advanced the makers ethic of republicanism. At times it went about as a worker's party, consulting with managers, yet it was never efficient, and after a quick development in the mid-1880s, it abruptly lost its new individuals and turned into a little operation again.