WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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wealthy industrialists of the late 1800s
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leaders of labor unions
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notorious industrial strikes
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horizontally consolidated companies
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pullman Strike was a widespread railroad strike that disrupted rail traffic in the country, while the Homestead Strike was a lockout strike of steelworkers at the Homestead Steel Factory.
Detailed explanation-2: -What did the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike have in common? They were marked by violence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pullman Strike, (May 11, 1894–c. July 20, 1894), in U.S. history, widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States in June–July 1894. The federal government’s response to the unrest marked the first time that an injunction was used to break a strike.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Haymarket Affair, also known as the Haymarket Riot, was a violent confrontation between police and labour protesters in Chicago on May 4, 1886, that became a symbol of the international struggle for workers’ rights.