Robber Barons
... for the trains. In 1880 he founded the town of Pullman, Illinois as a community for the workers of his company. A violent strike ... View More
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Robber Barons
... for the trains. In 1880 he founded the town of Pullman, Illinois as a community for the workers of his company. A violent strike ... View More
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Jane Addams
... then published, which moved the Illinois legislature to pass the Illinois Factory Act ... of Janeamp39s involvement in labor disputes was that of the Pullman Strike of ... View More
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THE RISE OF BIG BUSINESS
... federal government issued land grants to Illinois to construct the Illinois Central railroad. ... He invested in what is now called the Pullman Company and in oil ... View More
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unionism
... Eugene V. Debs, veteran hero of the Pullman Strike, moved forward to ... Artisans into Workers university of illinois press, illinois 1997 Leuchtenberg, William. ... View More
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American Industrial Revolution 18701920
... In 1893, Governor JP Altgeld of Illinois pardoned the three survivors. ... In the Pullman Strike of 1894, strikers for the railroad attacked cars and innocent ... View More
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Acceptance Essays