Workers Efforts to Unite in the 1880s
-Write about Each class struggle that shows us workers efforts to unite in the 1880s; -How bosses tried to divide workers – List the capitalist/industrialist bosses who were pushing for expansion overseas in the 1890s; -Explain how different US presidents in the 1890s and early 1900s supported these efforts of expansion for the rich; – Show how the Panama Canal construction shows us that US strategies for dividing workers in the US were reproduced in the Caribbean. Emphasize your point. SOURCES You can choose the video sources or the lecture. Video Resources: May Day video; Rock Springs video; Panama Canal Documentary; Knights of Labor documentary. 1) Knights of Labor https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=VL4gOuaUSKc 2)MAY DAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=NAk03c61WPw 3) Construction of the Panama Canal https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=Y2XslDKriLA Lecture History is a weapon – A peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn https://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnempire12.html Make sure you have an intro/thesis statement and conclusion
