Question

1. Which of the following contributed to the Homestead Strike in 1892?
the execution of anarchists for inciting a riot
wage cuts resulting from economic depression
the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act
unreasonable rents and high prices for goods in the company town
2. Which of the following was an effect of the Pullman Strike in 1893?
The National Trades Union was formed.
The President used federal troops to end the strike.
Samuel Gompers served a term in prison.
Membership in the Knights of Labor declined.

Answer 1

Andrew Carnegie, who attempted to portray a pro-labor image, left the country for a trip to Scotland before the strike occurred leaving the situation in the hands of Henry Clay Frick, who was well known to be staunchly anti-union.

The company attempted to cut the wages of the skilled steel workers; when the workers refused the pay cut, management locked the union out (therefore, the confrontation was actually a "lockout" by management and not a "strike" by workers).

Frick brought in thousands of strikebreakers to work the steel mills and Pinkerton agents to safeguard them.

The arrival (on the 6th of July) of a force of hundreds of Pinkerton detectives from New York and Chicago resulted in a fight in which about 10 men were killed, and to restore order two brigades of the state militia were called out. In response to the fight between the striking workers and the Pinkertons, anarchist Alexander Berkman attempted to murder Henry Clay Frick. However, Frick was only wounded and the violent assault turned public opinion away from the striking workers. Afterwards the company successfully resumed operations without the union.

The skilled workers were replaced by unskilled, mostly immigrant laborers, and labor activism was infrequent in the Pittsburgh area steel mills for decades.


for the first question wages cut

Answer 2

And there you go :)

The Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States on May 11, 1894. It pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against the Pullman Company, the main railroads, and the federal government of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. The strike and boycott shut down much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit, Michigan. The conflict began in Pullman, Chicago, on May 11 when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages.

Answer 3

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