Read the following primary source excerpt and answer questions 6 & 7. The recent alarming development and aggression of aggregated (collected) wealth, which, unless
checked, will inevitably lead to the pauperization (making poor) and hopeless degradation (shaming) of
the toiling masses, renderit imperative, if we desire to enjoy the blessings of life, that a check should be
placed upon its power and upon unjust accumulation.
Source: Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor, 1878
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Question 2
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What is the Knights of Labor Point of View in the above document?
The collection of wealth by a few will lead to the ruin of the poor.
The rich of the country have alarmingly become very aggressive towards everyone.
It is hopeless and degrading to force the masses to work.
If we are to enjoy the blessings of life we must become aggressive.