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Answer discussion questions about the film 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation.
Answer any two questions:
What were the major causes of the 1877 strike? Why did it spread from being a railroad work stoppage to a major uprising in cities throughout the United States?
How did employers react to the strike? Why did the government intervene to end the strike?
What was the outcome of the strike? How did the media shape public opinion of the strike? What impact did the strike have on the labor movement
Also answer question 4:
4. How do the events of 1877—including the end of Reconstruction and the Great Railroad Uprising—relate to themes about race relations, social class and labor relations, and the possibilities for collective action in earlier moments in American history that we have discussed in this course? Are these themes still relevant today?
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Railroad strike of 1877
What were the major causes of the 1877 strike? Why did it spread from being a railroad work
stoppage to a major uprising in cities throughout the United States?
America was experiencing an economic depression for a straight four years since 1873,
and businesses were struggling to survive and meet workers' expectations. The railroad had
responded to those challenging times by cutting wages to ensure the business was sustainable.
However, railroad workers went on a strike after the rail corporation announced a ten percent wage
cut for the second time in eight mo...