All the following factors inhibited the growth of labor unions EXCEPT . a. the large number of immigrant workers. b. the political strength of industrial capitalists. c. ethnic divisions among workers. d. the question of whether to include women members. e. a lack of labor union size sufficient to stage successful strikes.

The correct answer is letter D

Gompers, in the name of "pure unionism", fought against the socialist currents that wanted to transform the AFL into an anti-capitalist central. He also took a stand against the formation of any workers' and socialist party and preached working within the existing bourgeois parties. Its leaders categorically rejected the idea of organizing disqualified workers, constituting only unions by trade and not industry. This contempt can be seen in the statement of one of the leaders of the AFL: "We do not want to admit the junk, members who are useless for nothing."

they thoght they were going to nuke each other