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On 29 January 1834, Andrew Jackson became the first president to use federal troops to quell labor unrest. Workers building the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rebelled because of persistent poor working conditions and low pay. The canal project, initially designed by George Washington, was intended to ease transportation of goods from the Chesapeake Bay to […]