The strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on July 16, 1877, after workers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were informed that their pay would be cut 10 percent. Workers grumbled about the loss of income in small groups, and by the end of the day railroad firemen began walking off...
For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history. Where...
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the United States's first major rail strike. It showed how reliant the nation's economy had become on the railroad, and was quickly put down with help from the federal government.Answer and Explanation: ...
Great Strike of 1877industrializationnineteenth-century railroad workersFrom the nation's founding, Americans had anticipated that industrialization would take place without the social and economic dislocation associated with England's "dark Satanic Mills." Yet a century later, the nation would be ...
When did the Great Railroad strike of 1877 end? When was the Jacobite Rebellion? When was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 reaffirmed? When did the westward expansion take place? When did the Compromise of 1850 happen? When did the First Great Awakening occur?
For one week in late July of 1877, America shook with anger and fear as a variety of urban residents, mostly working class, attacked railroad property in dozens of towns and cities. The Great Strike of 1877 was one of the largest and most violent urban uprisings in American history. Where...
Alter II The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and Free Labor . By Theresa A. Case. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2010. Pp. 292. Map, illustrations, notes, index. ISBN 9781603441704, $40.00 cloth.) On the surface, Theresa Case's The Great Southwest Railroad Strike and Free...
The scene depicts the West Side’s infamous “Death Avenue,” where New York Central Railroad freight trains mixed with a jumble of automobiles, wagons and pedestrians amid factories and warehouses. Beginning in the 1850s “West Side Cowboys” rode in front of trains as a safety precaution. ...
Serious inflation had led to widespread labor unrest in the critical coal-mining, railroad, and electrical industries, leading to a shortage of coal, Britain's main energy source. A further blow, following the 1973 war in the Middle East, was the reduction in oil shipments by several Arab ...
In connection with a railroad strike against the Taff Vale Company (1901), the House of Lords (the highest juridical instance) required that the trade unions make compensation for the losses caused by the strike. This essentially deprived trade unions of the right to participate in strikes. ...