The Second Political Party System: 1856 - 1896 The Economy After the Civil War: The Labor Movement.

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The Second Political Party System: The Economy After the Civil War: The Labor Movement

Labor history different in the U.S. vs. Europe More violent but less Socialist. Split between skilled and unskilled workers – craft unions vs. unskilled.

Violence in the Anthracite Coal Regions of Northeast Pennsylvania: 1860s and 1870s

James McParland, Pinkerton Detective b – 18 May 1919

The Railroad Strikes of 1877

Pittsburgh, PA Destruction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities

The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

Henry Clay Frick 19 December 1849 – 2 December 1919

Homestead Workers Hold the High Ground Against the Pinkertons 6 July 1892

Pinkertons Surrender 7 July 1892

Alexander Berkman 21 November 1870 – 28 June 1936

Berkman’s Assassination Attempt on Frick 23 July 1892

Troops Arrive to Restore Order

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