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Primary Source Spotlight: Labor

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Primary source sets The Industrial Revolution in the United States American Federation of Labor & Quarry Workers Anarchist Emma Goldman Anthracite Coal Strike The "Bonus" Army The cause of industrial panics in the United States 1903 by Chicago Federation of Labor and Industrial Union Council Chicago Federation of Labor: historic newspaper coverage With drops of blood. The history of the Industrial workers of the world leaflet 1919 Eight-Hour Work Day First … [Read more...]

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