industrial action

Question 1

what was the railroad strike of 1877?

Answer 1

• first national strike
• carriages, trains, buildings destroyed
• henrys send in federal troops and turns violent

Question 2

when was knights of labour?

Answer 2

1869

Question 3

what was knights of labour?

Answer 3

• workers movement
• 100,000 by 1885
• end in 1886 with haymarket bomb

Question 4

what was AFL set up in 1885?

Answer 4

• samuel gompers

- more than 250,000 members by 1892

Question 5

when was the granger movement?

Answer 5

1867

Question 6

what was the granger movement?

Answer 6

• unite farmers against growing hostilities of the railways

- 800,000 members by 1870’a

Question 7

when did populism emerge?

Answer 7

1892 when they won 1 million votes (show need for change)

Question 8

when did bryan split the democrats with his populist ideas like silver purchase?

Answer 8

1896

Question 9

when was the pullman strike?

Answer 9

1894

Question 10

what was the pullman strike?

Answer 10

• national strike that paralysed the nation
• led by eugene debs
• cleveland send troops and pass omnibus indictment

Question 11

when was the anthracite coal strike?

Answer 11

1902

Question 12

how many strikers were there after the war in 1919?

Answer 12

4 million