Great Railroad Strike of 1877

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In 1877, over 100,000 railroad workers staged the first labor strike to spread across state lines in United States history. The strike greatly disrupted the transportation of goods, and violent clashes killed scores of strikers. The strike gripped the nation at the time, but was it a success? In this lesson, students source and corroborate historical documents and internet sources about the strike's outcomes.

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