U.S. Government Seizes Railroads
- Resource Type
- Topic overview
- Authors
- Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca
- Source
- St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact. 2004, v. 2, p385-388.
- Subject
- Railroads
Railroad policy
Labor relations
Strikes
United States history, 1901-1921
Business-government relations
- Language
- English
U.S. Government Seizes Railroads United States 1917-1920 Synopsis The nation's railroads were under government control during World War I. Some 360,000 miles of track and more than two million workers [...]