THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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They were defeats for owners
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They were victories for unions
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They became violent
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They were victories for workers
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike have in common? They were marked by violence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grover Cleveland used to dispatch federal troops to address the strike. Following an outbreak of deadly violence, the strike dwindled and rail traffic resumed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Compare and contrast the Haymarket Riot and the Homestead Strike. Were the workers or the management justified in their actions? Both started by poor working conditions, low wages, hours. Both were violent and people were both killed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Andrew Carnegie gave his operations manager, Henry Clay Frick, permission to break the union before this deadline. Frick began by cutting the workers’ wages, which the workers protested by starting the Homestead Strike.
Detailed explanation-5: -The conflict began in 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. Most of the factory workers who built Pullman cars lived in the “company town” of Pullman just outside of Chicago.