Brickbats: The Great Railway Strikes of 1877 by Gerald G. Eggert 1-Introduction In the article Gunfire and Brickbats: The Great Railway Strikes of 1877 Gerald G. Eggert analyzes the types of conditions that started the strikes of 1877‚ the understanding the workers that went on strike had of their situation‚ what the works expected to get out of the strike and what roles both the government and workers played in the strike. Eggert’s choice in analyzing the great railway strikes of 1877 was one of curiosity
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06/12/2024 Précis – Module One (1) The United States experienced a period of unorganized labor revolts in response to industrialization in the 19th century. In 1877‚ the Great Railroad Strike led workers to shutdown railroads.1 Wealthy business leaders reacted quickly to military repression. This led to new strike uprisings in Pittsburgh‚ St. Louis‚ and Chicago‚ disillusioned workers with their need for institutionalization‚ and convinced the government to implement a firmer political presence.2
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Large ungulates roamed western North America up until about 7000 years ago. The herds included woolly mammoths‚ oxen‚ bison‚ horses‚ burros and camels. As the landscape of western North America evolved‚ animal species coevolved to take advantage of the rangeland vegetation. When the first people came to this part of the world‚ woolly mammoths‚ bison and other grazers still roamed. Evidence shows Native Americans hunted the large ungulates‚ as well as the saber tooth cat and other carnivores. These
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business respond when the 1886 strike for the eight-hour day successfully “paralyzed most of the industries in Chicago”? 9. Were the executions of Spies‚ Parsons‚ Fischer‚ and Engel a tactic on the part of business and government to damage the effectiveness of the labor movement? If it was‚ did it work? 10. What successes did the labor movement score in the 1880s and 1890s? 11. What was Frick’s strategy to break the steel-workers’ union at the Homestead steel plant? Did the plan
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However‚ there were also large degrees of continuity so the extent of this change can be questioned. The status of workers changed in two main eras; Stalin’s rule and Witte’s industrialisation. Despite this‚ the status of workers stayed more level in 1892-1964‚ suggesting a large amount of continuity. Working conditions were another aspect of workers lives that fluctuated tremendously. Under Witte’s industrialisation‚ working conditions changed and they continued to worsen until the arrival of Khrushchev
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Collective Bargaining John Hayles J00655937 Chapter 1(nothing assigned) Chapter 2 1) Pure/ simple unionism- had two major objectives. The primary objective was economic betterment of the organizations members. Gommpers believed the truth or essence‚ of labor unions should be measured in terms of their economic accomplishments 2) Closed shop-for an employee to obtain a job the employee must first become a member of a union prior to or upon employment and was made unlawful by lmra in 1947
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farming methods‚ organized economic and political action‚ and later developed into the populist party. One of the populist party goals was to have more silver in circulation for the use if the people. Initially people moved westward because of the Homestead Act‚ that gave 160 acres of free land to anyone that can farm in it for 5 years‚ there was an abundance of people leaving their homes to start a new life with their families. Farmers lived a pretty lonely life only living with their families they
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Challenges During the Gilded Age There were many groups of people who faced challenges and struggled in America during the Gilded Age. Immigrants‚ African Americans‚ and factory workers were all groups of people that struggled in many ways during this time period. Some of these groups struggles were similar‚ but some were different. One group that faced many struggles compared to others were immigrants. When immigrants first arrived in the United States they would be sent to Ellis Island to become
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family’s adventures on the American frontier became the subject of Wilder’s nine autobiographical books. From 1869 to 1879‚ the Ingall’s family traveled by covered wagon throughout the Midwest in search of productive land on which they could build a homestead in what was then Indian Territory near what is now Independence‚ Kansas. Her father’s restless spirit led them on various moves to a preemption claim in Walnut Grove‚ Minnesota‚ living with relatives near South Troy‚ Minnesota‚ and helping to run
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What was the background to the Conservative policy of ‘killing Home Rule with kindness’? What measures did they introduce to achieve their aims? The results of the 1886 election in Britain had far reaching consequences for Ireland and the Home Rule Movement. In Britain too‚ the events of 1886 changed the nature of politics. Between 1885 and 1886 the Liberals had dominated British politics. The split over Home Rule weakened it. For the next twenty years‚ up to 1906‚ the Conservatives were the dominant
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