They first divided it into parties, the federalist and the anti-federalist party which caused a social drift between people. Another early challenge was growth and development which separated the country into northern states that were already developed and southern states that were developing rapidly. This second challenge was both social and regional.
On July 2, 1894, the federal government got an injunction in federal court which ordered an end to the strike. President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to enforce the court ruling. When they arrived on July 4, 1894, riots broke out in Chicago and 26 civilians were killed. A railroad yard was burned
Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11,1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold national office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives by the state of Montana in 1916, and again in 1940.
