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Digital History Reader: Industrialization's Discontents: Great Strike of 1877 Unit PlanDigital History Reader: Industrialization's Discontents: Great Strike of 1877 Unit Plan
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Virginia Tech
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9th - 10th
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Digital History Reader: Industrialization's Discontents: Great Strike of 1877

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With its beginnings along the railroad tracks in Maryland and West Virginia, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first national strike in response to poor wages and poor conditions. Understand the impact of this strike on the nation then as well as now through the Context, Evidence, and Resource portions of the resource.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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