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

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

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

7 James McParland, Pinkerton Detective b. 1843 – 18 May 1919

8 The Railroad Strikes of 1877

9 Pittsburgh, PA Destruction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities

10 The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

11 Henry Clay Frick 19 December 1849 – 2 December 1919

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

15 Pinkertons Surrender 7 July 1892

16 Alexander Berkman 21 November 1870 – 28 June 1936

17 Berkman’s Assassination Attempt on Frick 23 July 1892

18 Troops Arrive to Restore Order

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