A Crossroads Resource

Unit VII: What, Then, Is This American? ca. 1865 - 1900

Question/Problem 11: How did workers react to working conditions in the late 19th century?


Strikes!

Reason for StrikeExamples of ViolenceReaction of CompanyReaction of Government Public

Railway
Strike of
(1877)

Haymarket
Riot (1886)

Homestead
Steel Strike
(1892)

Pullman
Strike
(1895)


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