WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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the women of Hull House.
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anarchists and socialists.
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Populists and Progressives.
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the corruption of the spoils system.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Following the confrontation, in which several police officers and demonstrators were killed and scores injured, August Spies and seven other labour leaders were tried and convicted of murder. Four of them, including Spies, were hanged; one committed suicide; and three were eventually pardoned by Illinois Gov.
Detailed explanation-2: -At Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois, a bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up what had begun as a peaceful labor rally. The police responded with wild gunfire, killing several people in the crowd and injuring dozens more.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Haymarket Riot (1886) affected the Knights of Labor by contributing to the decline of the labor organization. At one point in its history, the Knights of Labor had up to 700, 000 members spread out in regional chapters throughout the United States. This would change after the Haymarket Riot.