Violence In The 19th Century

They exploited the workers as to enhance the competitiveness of the company. These fundamental contradictions led to the frequent processions and movements. In 1886, a strike broke out in Chicago as the workers strive for the eight working hours per day. The dispute later turned into a violent confrontation where some explosions and gunshots occurred. It was believed a home-made metal bomb was ignited by a protestant and threw against the police. This incident led to the death of seven policemen and caused an untold number of injuries. Eight years later, a strike broke out again in Chicago as the railway workers were disgruntle for the lowered wages. The federal court announced an injunction and sent troops to suppress the movement. This led to the direct collision of the two parties and thirty workers were killed. Besides this two protests in Chicago, there were several fatal labor-related violence happened in New York, Baltimore, Pittsburg and Philadelphia since mid-19th century. As the workers were backed by the influential labor unions, they always adopted hardline struggles against their company and led to a series of violent clashes.

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The racial problem could be regarded as the main reason that led to a violence America in 19th century, while the contradictions in economic interest and religion also contributes. The deficient security forces and unenforced law power laid the hotbed for the violent incidents and stimulated the happening of crimes. Furthermore, the free movement of weapons and the deeply-rooted tradition of self-protection encouraged the citizens to take violence as a solution in disputes. Today, gun violence remains a major social problem in America and the firearms control would still have a long way to go after Donald Trump being the