Who REALLY built America?
Anti-Social Studies
Apr 1, 2025
Episode 25 of "Emily Teaches U.S. History" Sure, the rich dude "Titans of Industry" get the glory. But who did all the work? And why were they feared, vilified, and suppressed?
Topics include: Gilded Age, labor unions, American Federation of Labor (AFL), Samuel Gompers, Knights of Labor, International Workers of the World (IWW), Haymarket Square Riot, strikes, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, immigration, "old" vs. "new" immigrants, Chinese Exclusion Act, tenements, Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8h-aKEiLR8
