Homestead Strike

Which of the following strikes included a shootout between strikers and private security guards?

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Riot

• Pullman Strike

• Populist Campaign

The Homestead Strike and the Triangle Factory Fire were both examples of....

• racism

• favoritism

• segregation

• poor working conditions

In which 1892 strike were 9 Carnegie Steel workers killed after Henry Frick called in the Pinkerton Detective Agency?

• The Railroad Strike

• The Homestead Riot

• The Pullman Strike

• The Triangle Strike

This is a VIOLENT strike between workers and owners at Carnegie's mill. (20% wage cut).

• Pullman Strike

• Homestead Strike

• Haymarket Square

Most strikes by unions in the late 1800s were unsuccessful mainly because

• unions were unconstitutional

• strikes had never been used before to settle labor issues

• government supported business instead of workers

• strikers failed to use militant tactics

What was the purpose of labor unions?

• to make sure that businesses made a large profit

• to unite business owners to fight the government

• to unite workers fighting for better working conditions

• to recruit women and children into dangerous jobs

Which industrialist was the owner of the steel plant where the Homestead Strike took place?

• Andrew Carnegie

• John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan

• Henry Ford

In what year did the Homestead Strike occur?

• 1892

• 1886

• 1901

• 1877

Who was the manager of the Homestead Steel Plant during the strike?

• Henry Clay Frick

• Andrew Carnegie

• George Pullman

• Eugene V. Debs

What was the main reason for the Homestead Strike?

• Wage cuts

• Longer working hours

• Unsafe working conditions

• Lack of job security