1. The citizens were unhappy with the way the city council was running the government. They mounted a protest and raised Cain at the next city council meeting to let their feelings be known.
2. Mr. Ward found that his sons had used his tools and left them all over the garage floor. He raised Cain when he saw the boys and told them they couldn’t use the tools again.

Compare to: blow (one’s) stack; read (someone) the riot act. The word Cain in the expression refers to a Biblical character, the first son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother Abel.