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1870 homesteading
After passing homestead act allowed people to easily own land. In 1870 better equipment due to railroads became available and large farms succeeded. However smaller farms owners was unsuccessful and end up working for large farm owners. -
1877 Great railroad strike
Enter [After incurring a significant pay cut earlier that year, railroad workers in West Virginia spontaneously went on strike and blocked the tracks known as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. As word spread of the event, railroad workers across the country joined in sympathy, leaving their jobs and committing acts of vandalism to show their frustration with the ownership] -
1893 The Pullman Strike
George pullman fired 3 thousand employees that lead to what was called a Pullman strike which created a nationwide train stoppage. -
1907 Belllingham Riot
Enter [South Asian migrant workers arrived in Bellingham in 1906, employed in lumber mills. White labor leaders demanded the Asian workers expelled from the city, claiming the newcomers took jobs away from white workers and drove down wages. On September 4, 1907, the demands of white labor culminated in a riot. 500 white working men in Bellingham drove a community of southAsian migrant workers out of the city. The mob was successful that in ten days the Asian population departed town] -
1919 The great steel strike
Enter [Public demand quickly outpaced the slow production, leading to notable shortages of domestic goods. As a result, inflation skyrocketed in 1919. The cost of living in the US double what it had been in 1916. Workers, facing a shortage in wages, initiated a series of strikes for better hours and wages. Many workers, including workers in the steel industry, faced difficult working conditions, long hours, and low wages. The strike involved more than 350,000 workers walking out ] -
The Great Depression 1929
Enter [When the stock market fell in 1929, many Americans were ruined and there was shortage in jobs. With many men out of jobs and jobs being difficult to find, labor was very cheap. With cheap labor in abundance, many people with capital saw the opportunity to undertake massive building. The labor, though cheap, fed a lot of mouths]
