Labor in the Gilded Age Practice Test

A secondary source excerpt argues that the decline of the Knights of Labor after the mid-1880s reflected both external repression and internal weaknesses. The author notes that decentralized organization made it hard to coordinate strategy. Which organizational feature best matches the weakness described?

A Gilded Age labor excerpt states that many middle-class reformers sympathized with workers’ hardships but feared disruptions to public order, especially after large strikes turned violent. The author suggests this tension shaped political responses to labor conflict. Which government response best reflects that tension?