1877 the grand army of starvation

A nationwide rebellion brought the United States to a standstill in the summer of 1877. Eighty thousand railroad workers walked out, joined by hundreds of thousands of Americans outraged by the excesses of the railroad companies and the misery of a four-year economic depression. Police, state militia, and federal troops clashed with strikers and sympathizers, leaving over one hundred dead and thousands injured. The Great Uprising inaugurated a new era of conflict over the meaning of America in the industrial age.

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"Eighteen seventy-seven, the grand army of starvation"@en
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"Re-enactment of the great railroad strike and general uprising of 1877. In the summer of that year, a rebellion by hundreds of thousands of Americans paralyzed the nation. Outraged by the excessive greed of railroad "barons" and the misery of a four-year depression, railroad strikers and sympathizers across the country clashed with police, militia, and federal troops, leaving over one hundred dead and thousands wounded."
"A nationwide rebellion brought the United States to a standstill in the summer of 1877. Eighty thousand railroad workers walked out, joined by hundreds of thousands of Americans outraged by the excesses of the railroad companies and the misery of a four-year economic depression. Police, state militia, and federal troops clashed with strikers and sympathizers, leaving over one hundred dead and thousands injured. The Great Uprising inaugurated a new era of conflict over the meaning of America in the industrial age."@en
"Chronicles the events of the railroad strike of 1877 and its origins in the economic and social injustices of 19th century America. Uses contemporary graphics and photographs."@en
"Chronicles the events and the reasons for the railroad strike in Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1877."@en
""In the summer of 1877, eighty thousand railroad workers went on strike, and were joined by hundreds of thousands of other Americans. The Great Uprising inaugurated a new era of conflict over the meaning of equality in the industrial age."--P. [13] of guide."@en
""In the summer of 1877, eighty thousand railroad workers went on strike, and were joined by hundreds of thousands of other Americans. The Great Uprising inaugurated a new era of conflict over the meaning of equality in the industrial age."--P. [13] of guide."
"Chronicles the events of the railroad strike of 1877 and its origins in the economic and social injustices of 19th century America using contemporary graphics and photographs."@en