Monday 13 January, and Tuesday/ Wednesday 14/15 January

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Classes on these two days covered a variety of topics:
We discussed the conflict between the "gold standard" and "greenbacks".

We looked at the rail strikes of 1877 that had the effect of increasing union membership in later years.

We added the vocabulary words of "anarchist" and "scab".

We studied the Haymarket Riots from two different perspectives:

Haymarket riot video

http://video.pbs.org/video/1907816603/ 10 mins

and

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OQxncb2ihQ&safe=active

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZET09x5_Q&safe=active

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUFPCMnChk&safe=active

18-19 minutes total

Some classes reviewed a graph on page 185 of History Alive! that shows wages and hours worked from 1890 to 1915.

A few classes also discussed the Pullman Strikes.

The final exam will cover the history of labor and industry through 1910 including vocabulary.