Initially, trade unions in the first half of the nineteenth century functioned primarily as
A)political parties.
B)militant anarchist societies.
C)supporters of middle-class liberalism.
D)vehicles for leisure activities.
E)mutual aid societies.

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Initially, trade unions functioned primarily as mutual aid societies, providing benefits such as sick pay and death benefits to their members. They were not primarily political organizations, militant anarchists, or vehicles for leisure activities. While some unions did support middle-class liberal causes, this was not their primary function in the early nineteenth century.

Initially, Trade Unions in the First Half of the Nineteenth