Question

Which of the following factors contributed to the Homestead Strike (1892)?

a)increase in prices for steel


b) cut in wages for steelworkers


c) federal shutdown of the national steelworkers union


d) federal takeover of American steel plants

Answer 1

Behind the scenes, Carnegie supported Frick's plans. In the spring of 1892, Carnegie had Frick produce as much armor plate as possible before the union's contract expired at the end of June. If the union failed to accept Frick's terms, Carnegie instructed him to shut down the plant and wait until the workers buckled. "We... approve of anything you do," Carnegie wrote from England in words he would later come to regret. "We are with you to the end."

With Carnegie's carte blanche support, Frick moved to slash wages. Plant workers responded by hanging Frick in effigy. At the end of June, Frick began closing down his open hearth and armor-plate mills, locking out 1,100 men. On June 25th, Frick announced he would no longer negotiate with the union; now he would only deal with workers individually. Leaders of Amalgamated were willing to concede on almost every level -- except on the dissolution of their union. Workers tried to reach the Carnegie who had strongly defended labor's right to unionize. He had departed on his annual and lengthy vacation, traveling to a remote Scottish castle on Loch Rannoch. He proved inaccessible to all -- including the press and to Homestead's workers -- except for Frick.

Answer 2

Correct Answer: B. Cut in wages for steelworkers

Answer 3

(MC)What was one important effect of the development of the telegraph?
It made long-distance mail delivery more efficient. It allowed people to talk over great distances. It increased the speed that news traveled across the United States. It increased competition for Bell's telephone company.