WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Because Carnegie wanted to live in his motherland, Scottland.
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Because Carnegie was rich enough to not to work.
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Because Frick was mercenary and he can get things done.
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Because Frick was a hard-working and warm-hearted man like Carnegie.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carnegie hires Henry Frick to help him achieve his goal of dominating the steel industry and besting Rockefeller.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the conflict at Homestead was playing out, Carnegie was vacationing at a remote castle in Scotland, where he spent much of each year. Though workers and members of the press tried to reach him, he remained inaccessible but stayed in communication with Frick, whose actions he endorsed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Frick did what plenty of 19th-century businessmen did when they were battling unions. He hired the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which was notorious for such activities as infiltrating its agents into unions and breaking strikes-and which at its height had a larger work force than the entire U.S. Army.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the 1870’s, Frick built an industrial empire by manufacturing coke, an essential coal-based fuel for blast furnaces. In 1881, Carnegie joined forces with Frick to get the coke he wanted. Frick got the money he needed to expand.
Detailed explanation-5: -In May 1892, Carnegie traveled to Scotland, leaving Homestead in Frick’s hands. Although Carnegie would later try to distance himself from the events at Homestead, his cables to Frick were clear: Do whatever it takes. Frick dug in for war. With Carnegie’s carte blanche support, Frick moved to slash wages.