WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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they were all resounding victories for the unions
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even though the unions brought issues to light, all of the union’s memberships declined significantly when the strikes were over
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the unions lost all the strikes
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the factories closed down all the company towns.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pullman Strike and Homestead Strike were both examples of workers’ attempts to push back against what they perceived to be unfair management practices and unsafe working conditions during the Gilded Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -What did the Pullman Strike, Haymarket Affair, and Homestead Strike have in common? They were marked by violence.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Homestead strike broke the power of the Amalgamated and effectively ended unionizing among steelworkers in the United States for the next 26 years, before it made a resurgence at the end of World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Homestead steel strike and the Pullman railroad strike in the early 1890s were unsuccessful because these strikes resulted in their unions being broken.