WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
ROBBER BARONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Captain of Industry
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Robber Baron
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -How was the Homestead Strike ended? The Homestead Strike was ended after the Carnegie Steel Company asked Pennsylvania Governor Robert Emory Pattison for help and he responded by sending in 8, 500 soldiers of the state National Guard.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1892, the Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania discharged workers from the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Union. A bloody confrontation ensued between the workers and the hired Pinkerton security guards, ultimately killing 16 people and causing many injuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was a severe miscalculation. Although only 750 of the 3, 800 workers at Homestead belonged to the union, 3, 000 of them met and voted overwhelmingly to strike. Frick responded by building a fence three miles long and 12 feet high around the steelworks plant, adding peepholes for rifles and topping it with barbed wire.
Detailed explanation-4: -First, as the union’s three-year contract was coming to an end in 1892, the company demanded wage cuts for 325 employees, even though the workers had already taken large pay cuts three years before. During the contract negotiations, management didn’t make proposals to negotiate. It issued ultimatums to the union.