History of the United States II / Unit 5 USH2 0622 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Coxey's Army
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The idea
In the spring of eighteen ninety-four the businessman Jacob Coxey led unemployed Ohioans on a march to Washington to demand federal public works.
In practice
A column growing from one hundred to five hundred marchers along the route.
Where people slip
Congress ignored them, and Coxey was arrested for trespassing on the Capitol grounds. Digital History calls it the first mass march on Washington.
Your place on the trail
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