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    The Great railroad Strike of 1877 led to a change in the business attitudes towards Worker's Rights. Michael liu's project had to be in between the 1860's and the 1930's. He says he learned how to do research from his history teacher.

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    The Great railroad Strike of 1877 led to a change in the business attitudes towards Worker's Rights. Michael liu's project had to be in between the 1860's and the 1930's. He says he learned how to do research from his history teacher.

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    TheGreatRailroadStrikeof1877: WorkersRights,GovernmentandCapitalist Responsibilities

    MichaelLiu SeniorDivision IndividualWebsite

    Liu1 ProcessPaper HowIChoseMyTopic IhavedoneNHDinthepastandthisyearforU.S.Historyclass,wearerequiredto doaproject.Thedifferenceisbetweenthisyearandlastyearisthatthereisatime restrictionandithadtobeinbetweenthe1860sandthe1930s.IaskedmyselfwhatIwas interestedinandbroughtmyselftotwotopics.Laborhistoryandthe13th15th Amendments.IdidbackgroundresearchonbothandIwasparticularlyinterestedinThe GreatRailroadStrikeof1877,oneofthelargestlabordisputesinthehistoryoftheUnited States. HowIConductedMyResearch Myhistoryteacherhelpedmelearnhowtodoresearch.Shesentmedocuments thatIcouldfillouteverytimeIfoundasource.IbeganwithWikipediawhichhelpedmeget abasicoverviewofmytopic.Atthebottom,therewerelinkstonumeroussourcesthatI lookedoutthatgavemeanevenbroaderoverviewofmytopic.Iwasabletofindonlyone bookonmytopicanditbrokedownthedetailsofthestrikeslittlebylittle.InNovember,we tookafieldtriptotheWisconsinHistoricalSocietywheretheyhadnumerousnumbersof primarysourcesthathelpedmeoutontheperspectivesofboththecapitalistsandthe strikers.TheLibraryofCongresswebsitealsohelpedmegetmoresourcesthatIcould use. HowIselectedmypresentationcategoryandcreatedmyproject. IchosethecategoryofwebsitebecauseIhadexperienceinmakingwebsitesandI believedIcouldexplainmytopicmoreclearlysinceIcanhavemorewordsandmore

    Liu2 mediasuchaspicturesandvideos.IstartedformingmywebsiteduringwinterbreakandI draftedmywebsitefirstsotheprocessofmakingmywebsitewouldgofaster.Ithenadded theinformationIgotfromallmyresearchandimagesthatIthoughtwererelatedtomy topic.TodecidehowIwasgoingtoorganizemypages,Igroupeachindividualsubtopic underonebigtopicandthosebecamemymainpageandsubpages. HowMyTopicisRelatedtoNHDTheme TheGreatRailroadStrikeof1877ledtoachangeinthebusinessattitudestowards worker'srights.Therailroadcompaniesstartedt0makecontractsandnegotiatewiththe workersincreasingtheirbenefitstoavoidviolentstrikesfromhappeningagain.The governmentalsogotinvolved,enactingcertainactssuchastheRailwayLaboractto resolvelabordisputesbynegotiationsinsteadofstrikes.Allofthesehappeningcausedthe realimprovementsoftheworker'srights.Workersstartedtoworkshorthourstoget overtimepay,getinjurycompensations,getretirementpensionsandmostimportantly,their workingconditionsaremuchsaferduetoawarenessandconcernofamoreresponsible society.

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