Unresolved industrial conflicts spilled over into courts and legislatures after the Civil War

Evidence

In the years after the Civil War, government, in one form or another, played more and more of a role in the economy, especially in the northern states. This development was almost inevitable in the new industrial age. Big business confronted a growing labor movement. What could not be resolved around the bargaining table (sometimes because employers refused to bargain) or through strikes on the streets spilled over into courts and legislatures. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 275

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Civil War marked a legal-epoch divide but did not cause the industrial age — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 272