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November 1 – The Coal Strike of 1919 begins in the United States by the United Mine Workers under John L. Lewis. Final agreement comes on December 10. November 7 – The first of the Palmer Raids is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution : over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 different U.S ...
1919 – President Wilson has a massive stroke. First Lady Edith Wilson takes over in a "silent coup". 1919 – United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations; 1919 – 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition; 1919 – Black Sox Scandal during that year's World Series, with the fallout lasting for decades
June 2 – 1919 United States anarchist bombings: Eight mail bombs are sent to prominent figures. June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the states for ratification.
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Mass meeting of Cleveland steel workers in Brookside Park during strike, October 1, 1919. The United States strike wave of 1919 was a succession of extensive labor strikes following World War I that unfolded across various American industries, involving more than four million American workers.
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In 1919, 4 million workers went on strike at some point, significantly more than the 1.2 million in the preceding years. [2] Major strikes included an iron and steel workers strike in September 1919, a bituminous coal miners strike in November 1919, and a major railroad strike in 1920.