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Unit 7: Ch. 23 Unit 7: Ch. 23
Unit 7: Ch. 23 Unit 7: Ch. 23

Great Railroad Strike of 1877



The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States and ended some 45 days later, after it was put down by local and state militias, and federal troops. Labor unions were not involved; these were spontaneous outbreaks in numerous cities of violence against railroads.