1. The American Labor Movement
... radicals and anarchists became involved in this campaign. Two days later, a death occurred from shooting during a riot in the McCormick Harvester plant in Chicago when police arrived and tangled in the chaos. On May 4, a bomb exploded in Haymarket Square during a meeting called to discuss the events of the preceding day. (James Connolly Society, 1) Nine people died, including eight police officers, and some sixty were wounded ... , union struggles increased and decreased. During the 1920's, the economy was high and generally prosperous for all Americans. The Great Depression in the 1930'...
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