History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1111 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Strike Wave of 1919
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The idea
In nineteen nineteen more than four million workers joined nearly three thousand strikes, both records in all of American history.
In practice
Workers freed from the no-strike pledge striking for better hours and wages.
Where people slip
The cost of living had doubled since nineteen sixteen, the anchor says. It ties the strikes to the Red Scare that followed.
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