The Haymarket Riot

• • What was the goal of the 1886 national campaign led by labor organizers?

  To reduce the workday to eight hours.
• • What company’s workers went on strike as part of the 1886 campaign?

  The McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Chicago.
• • Why did the police get involved in the McCormick strike?


  Police were called to protect workers who returned to work during the strike.
• • Where did the May 4 rally organized by labor leaders take place?

  Haymarket Square in Chicago.
• • What triggered the chaos during the Haymarket rally?

  Someone in the crowd threw a dynamite bomb.
• • What was the outcome of the bombing at Haymarket Square?

  Several policemen and civilians were killed in the resulting stampede.
• • What did the Haymarket riot symbolize?

  It became a symbol of the struggle for workers' rights
• • What novel was inspired by the Haymarket riot?

  The Bomb by Frank Harris.