Final Timeline Project by Giovanni Melendez

The Subject of the Timeline is the influence of major interest groups including labor, women, and African Americans and other racial minorities on politics, national law, culture, and ideology

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 01:28:25 UTC

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 01:36:23 UTC

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was one of the newest labor conflicts in the United State. It began when the financial bubble of railroads burst in 1873 and the Railroad owners cut worker's wages. Angry that the railroad companies were getting government subsidies and paid shareholders lucrative stocks, they began shutting down railroad traffic through out the US.

The Haymarket Riot of 1886

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 01:42:25 UTC

The Haymarket Riot was an event that plummeted the momentum of the labor movement. It began with a culmination of a Nationwide strike for eight-hour work days. Its infamous nature comes from when policemen were breaking up the strike, a bomb was thrown into the crowd causing destruction and chaos throughout the rally

The Homestead Steel Strike of 1892

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 01:51:22 UTC

The Homestead Steel Strike occurred in relation to a new hired manager (Henery C. Frick who had a strong sense of anti-union). Frick ordered a lockout of the workers and hired three hundred Pinkerton detectives when no settlement was reached. After a big scuffle, 3 Pinkertons and 6 workers died. The governor of Pennsylvania then called the state militia to escort strike-breakers into the factory to get it back and running

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 02:02:36 UTC

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a workplace disaster. It happened when the doors had been chained shut to stop workers from taking unauthorized breaks and the worker only had access to a sub par fire latter. An unkown fire source had engulfed the building and with the doors being chained shut and the ladder eventually breaking, the women had no choice but to jump off of the building.

71 Workers were injured and 146 had died

Women in the Homefront during WWI (1914-1918)

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 02:10:24 UTC

During WWI, with the deployment of wage-earning men in WWI, women started to siezed the opportunity in the work pace with more than one million women entering the work force.

Women on the Home Front in WW2 (1939-1945)

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 02:54:31 UTC

Once again with a major unbalance in the workforce do to men being deployed, women stepped up to take up the mantle and once again play a critical role and take the jobs that men worked to help the war effort.

Desegregation of Schools (1956)

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 03:02:50 UTC

After the Brown V. Board of Education Supreme Court Case, the government would start to order southern school systems to desegregate. Violent outbursts by White Americans would lead to this taking longer than it needed to be , but it was a key event of helping southerners become more tolerant.

The Orangeburg Massacre 1968

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 03:25:22 UTC

The Orangeburg Massacre was a riot that broke out due to a protest at the All Star Bowling Lane when kept refusing to give service to African Americans. The Police were called arrested 15 students who were apart of the HBCUs. This triggered a response from the African American community which made a hundrend students desend and 150 Officers to the bowling alley. By night, several people were beaten and an officer injured. 2 days later, violence broke out again. 200 students gathered at SC State's entryway to sang around a bonfire then 9 patrolmen shot at the crowd , harming 28 men and women.

Stonewall Riot 1969

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 03:37:46 UTC

The Stonewall Riot Occurred when police raided the Stonewall Inn in NYC's Greenwich Village. While police were about to arrest many of the customer a crowd gathered. Angered by the brutal treatment of the prisoner, the crowed attacked with Beer bottles and bricks.

The death of George Floyd (2020)

giomelendezr6971 — 2024-12-06 03:59:46 UTC

On May 25, 2020 , A Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on the neck of George Floyd. In the video, George Floyd can be heard saying "I can't breathe". Officer Derek kept his knee on Floyd's neck for nine minutes which led to his death. This footage shocked the country and there were protest's in his name.