Illinois general strike of 1866 Strikebreakers fire upon demonstrators in Chicago, 9 December 1866
Date October 13, 1866 – December 25, 1866 Location Caused by Employers ignoring labor regulations passed by the Illinois General Assembly Chicago Mayor John B. Rice vetoing a plan passed by the city council to enforce an eight-hour day Goals Legal recognition of labor unions Enforcement of the eight-hour day Wage increases Methods Strikes , Protests , Demonstrations Resulted in Strike successful
Deaths : 137 Injuries : 654 Arrests : 512+
Deaths : 45 Injuries : 170 Arrests : 391+
Enforcement Act of 1877 Long title An Act to amend an Act approved Feburary twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled "An Act to enforce the Rights of Citizens of the United States to vote in several States of this Union, and for other Purposes." Nicknames Voting Rights Act of 1877, Fourth Enforcement Act Enacted by the 44th United States Congress Effective July 4, 1877 Public law 45-7 Statutes at Large 20 Stat. 11 Acts amended Titles affected Title 52—Voting and Elections Introduced in the Senate as S. 841 by George F. Hoar (R –MA ) on March 21, 1877Committee consideration by Senate Judiciary Passed the Senate on April 4, 1877 (37–29)Passed the House on April 21, 1877 (148–124)Reported by the joint conference committee on May 21, 1877; agreed to by the Senate on May 25, 1877 (39–33) and by the House on May 29, 1877 (154–136)Signed into law by President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 5, 1877Georgia v. Devens 101 U.S. 7 (1879)
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