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  2. 1865 Upper Peninsula miners' strike - Wikipedia

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    During the United States' Civil War, high demand meant the price of iron had significantly increased. Knowing this, the miners forced the mining companies to raise their wages in 1864. The problem was not solved, as the dockworkers, who were paid significantly less than the miners, struck for higher wages.

  3. The War Within - Wikipedia

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    The War Within (Shadows Fall album), 2004; The War Within, a 1994 book by Tom Wells on America's internal battle over the war in Vietnam; The War Within (Woodward book), a book by Bob Woodward on the Bush Administration; The War Within (Matas book), a fictional book by Carol Matas regarding the issues of the America Civil War and slavery; The ...

  4. File:Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom - Teacher's Guide ...

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    English: This is the Teacher's Guide of the "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" program corresponding to Module 3. "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" is a professional development program for secondary school teachers led by the Education team at the Wikimedia Foundation.

  5. The Enemy Within (Milne book) - Wikipedia

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    The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against the Miners is a book by British journalist and writer Seumas Milne, first published in 1994. Updated editions were released in 1995, 2004, and 2014. Updated editions were released in 1995, 2004, and 2014.

  6. Tunnel warfare - Wikipedia

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    Mining saw a particular resurgence as a military tactic during the First World War, when army engineers attempted to break the stalemate of trench warfare by tunneling under no man's land and laying large quantities of explosives beneath the enemy's trenches. As in siege warfare, tunnel warfare was possible due to the static nature of the fighting.

  7. Mineral Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War also had roots in the Mineral Revolution, specifically as the Cape Colony wished to neutralise any potential threats to the mines. In the aftermath of the war, thousands of young Zulu men migrated to the mines in search of work, driving down wages and exacerbating the already cramped conditions in the compounds.

  8. Union Minière du Haut-Katanga - Wikipedia

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    Former head office in Brussels [1] UMHK ore processing in Élisabethville (modern-day Lubumbashi) in 1917. The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (French; literally "Mining Union of Upper-Katanga") was a Belgian mining company (with minority British share) which controlled and operated the mining industry in the copperbelt region in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1906 and ...

  9. Science Research Associates - Wikipedia

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    Science Research Associates Inc. was founded in 1938 [1] with a trade and occupational focus. In 1957, it moved into individualized classroom instruction with the iconic SRA Reading Laboratory Kit, a format that they translated to mathematics, science, and social studies [1] commonly called SRA cards. [2]