Stanford University
Pullman Strike
Learners explore the Pullman Strike. In this U.S. history lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the Pullman Strike of 1894. Learners discuss how this strike divided our nation. Students work with a group to analyze a newspaper...
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Industrialization's Discontents: Great Strike of 1877
With its beginnings along the railroad tracks in Maryland and West Virginia, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first national strike in response to poor wages and poor conditions. Understand the impact of this strike on the...
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Maryland State Archives: The Strike of 1877
The Strike of 1877, also known as 'The Great Strike,' took place on railroads across the nation. The strike was the result of continued wage cuts of the laborers such as engineers and trainmen, while many of the companies continued to...
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The Baltimore Railroad Strike & Riot of 1877
This website provides links to documents within the "Archives of Maryland Series: Documents for the Classroom." Each link leads to primary and secondary resources and resource material on the 1877 railroad strike, as it unfolded in...