Great Railroad Strike of 1877
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was a massive, nationwide labor uprising by railroad workers protesting wage cuts and poor working conditions, marking one of the first major industrial strikes in U.S. history.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
industrial dispute
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labor strike → protest movement → railroad strike → uprising → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Strike of 1877
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Great Upheaval of 1877 → |
| cause |
economic depression following the Panic of 1873
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poor working conditions → repeated reductions in pay by railroad companies → wage cuts for railroad workers → |
| chronology |
occurred during the Gilded Age
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occurred during the Reconstruction era aftermath → |
| country |
United States
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| endDate |
1877-09-04
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| field |
labor history
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| followedBy |
Haymarket affair
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Pullman Strike → |
| hasEffect |
encouraged workers to form more permanent labor organizations
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influenced later labor conflicts in the United States → prompted employers to strengthen private security and strikebreaking forces → |
| historicalSignificance |
highlighted tensions between capital and labor during the Gilded Age
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marked a turning point in U.S. labor relations → one of the first major national industrial strikes in U.S. history → |
| industry |
railroad industry
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| location |
California
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Illinois → Indiana → Kentucky → Maryland → Massachusetts → Mississippi → Missouri → New Jersey → New York → Ohio → Pennsylvania → Texas → West Virginia → |
| mainPlace |
Baltimore, Maryland
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Chicago, Illinois → Martinsburg, West Virginia → New York City → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → San Francisco, California → St. Louis, Missouri → |
| motivatedBy |
demand for fairer working hours and conditions
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demand for restoration of previous wage levels → |
| opponent |
federal government of the United States
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local law enforcement → railroad corporations → state governments → |
| participant |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers
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Chicago and St. Louis railroad workers → Pennsylvania Railroad workers → federal troops → local police forces → state militias → sympathetic urban workers → unemployed laborers → |
| partOf |
history of rail transport in the United States
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history of the labor movement in the United States → |
| precededBy |
Panic of 1873
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| result |
dozens of deaths
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emergence of national labor reform movements → growth of labor union organizing → hundreds of injuries → increased public awareness of labor issues → millions of dollars in property damage → suppression of the strike by military force → |
| significantEvent |
deployment of federal troops
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destruction of railroad property → violent clashes between strikers and state militias → |
| startDate |
1877-07-14
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Great Railroad Strike of 1877
("Great Upheaval of 1877")
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Great Railroad Strike of 1877 ("Great Strike of 1877") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Pinkerton National Detective Agency
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involvedInEvent |
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Gilded Age
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majorEvent |