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  2. Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    The Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 involved several days of work stoppage and violence in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1877. It formed a part of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, during which widespread civil unrest spread nationwide following the global depression and economic downturns of the mid-1870s. Strikes broke out along the Baltimore ...

  3. Baltimore riot of 1861 - Wikipedia

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    5 (soldiers) killed, 36 wounded. 12 (civilians) killed, unknown hundreds wounded. The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the "Pratt Street Riots" and the "Pratt Street Massacre") was a civil conflict on Friday, April 19, 1861, on Pratt Street, in Baltimore, Maryland. It occurred between antiwar "Copperhead" Democrats (the largest party in ...

  4. Pittsburgh railroad strike of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    Between July 21 and 22 in Pittsburgh, a major center of the Pennsylvania Railroad, some 40 people (including women and children) were killed in the ensuing riots; strikers burned the Union Depot and 38 other buildings at the yards. In addition, more than 120 locomotives and more than 1,200 rail cars were destroyed.

  5. Great Railroad Strike of 1877 - Wikipedia

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    The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, sometimes referred to as the Great Upheaval, began on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) cut wages for the third time in a year. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the first strike that spread across multiple states in the U.S.

  6. Remembering the Baltimore riots of 1968 - AOL

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    As civil disturbances began spreading across the nation, the initially peaceful Baltimore day of April 6th, 1968 became increasingly violent. The riots ended with five deaths, 300 fires and over ...

  7. Baltimore streets rocked by riots quiet under curfew - AOL

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    BALTIMORE (AP) -- Baltimore streets previously rocked by riots were eerily quiet early Wednesday as residents obeyed an all-night curfew enforced by 3,000 police and National Guardsmen. The curfew ...

  8. 2015 Baltimore protests - Wikipedia

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    Baltimore riot police form a line to push back protesters and media members on April 28. At 10:15 p.m., hundreds of demonstrators, some throwing bottles at police, remained in the streets while police in riot gear began to move the crowds with speakers from helicopters overhead broadcasting, "You must go home. You cannot remain here.

  9. Right call? Orioles take the field in riot-torn Baltimore

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    BALTIMORE (AP) -- With tempers still smoldering in riot-torn Baltimore and nearby neighborhoods clearing out rubble and debris, the Orioles played a baseball game on Wednesday. This wasn't for the ...