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Hillsborough Community College: The Rise of Unions and Labor Activism [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th
Lengthy article on the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States. Looks at the growth of businesses into corporations with large workforces and manufacturing facilities, and the labor issues and organizations that arose as...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: Postwar Labor Tensions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A brief look at the growth of unions in the early 20th century. Read about the strikes in 1919 and their consequences.