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The Great Stirke of 1877
In July 1877, workers for the Ohio and Baltimore railroad started to protest their second wage cut in two months. After several state governors had asked president Hayes to intervene saying that the strikers were impeding interstate commerce, federal troops ended the strike. -
The American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers led the Cigar Makers’ International Union to join with other craft unions in 1886. The American Federation of Labor. With Gompers as its president, focused on collective bargaining, or negotiation between representatives of labor and management, to reach written agreements on wages, hours, and working conditions. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The sherman Antitrust Act was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. So that there would still be competition between companies. And to make sure that one company didn't control all of one buisness. -
Pullman Strike
The workers at Pullman's Factory rufused to work after Pullman had announced wage cuts and firings. The supreme court defended the factory by breaking up the unions and the strikes. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The supreme court decided that segregation is legal. They used "Seprate but equal" doctrine as justification. -
The 16th Admendment
The 16th Admendment gave congress the power to collect income tax on people. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. Upon ratification of the amendment by the states, Congress approved the 18th admendment in October 1919, and enacted it into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920. The people who really wanted to drink found a way to make their own beer.
