Heather Cox Richardson and 250 to 250: Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Narrated by Eric Arnesen
Eric Arnesen is an esteemed American historian and professor at George Washington University best known for his award-winning book Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality. Arnesen recounts the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, whose violent suppression led Congress to bar the use of the U.S. military against civilians.
In 1877, the United States had a bad economy.
- Railroad companies cut workers’ pay.
- Railroad workers went on strike.
- Some strikes became violent.
- President Rutherford B. Hayes sent U.S. troops to stop the violence.
- Many Americans worried about the military being used against workers.
- In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act.
- The Posse Comitatus Act limited the use of the U.S. military for law enforcement.
POP Interview and Civics Quiz:
- N-400 Part 7:01: List where and when you have worked or attended school full- time or part- time during the last 5 years. If you were unemployed, on what dates were you unemployed?
- USCIS 100:06. One is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
- USCIS 128:65. What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
- Read: Name on right in the Bill of Rights.
- Write: Freedom of speech is in the Bill of Rights
Family Fun:
- Appalchian Forest NHA: A Second American Revolution? The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- ArcGIS Story Maps: The Great Strikes of 1877 in America's Cities
- Brennan Center for Justice: The Posse Comitatus Act, Explained
- Congress: The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law
- Curriculum Bytes: The Great Upheaval: Railroad Strike of 1877
- Eno Center of Transportation: Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881): The Great Railroad Strike
- Heinz History Center: Picturing Protest: The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- History: The 1877 Strike That Brought US Railroads to a Standstill
- Jessica Green: History of American Protest-Great Railroad strike of 1877
- Lionel Collectors of America: Train coloring pages
- MS Public Broadcasting: What is The Posse Comitatus Act and The Insurrection Act?
- NPS: 200 Years of Labor History
- One Human History: Rutherford B. Hayes & the Great Railroad Strike (featuring Alki)
- Steel and Sweat: The Night Pittsburgh Burned Railroad Strike That Destroyed 104 Locomotives in 1877
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