3. Homestead strike 1892

Question 1

most famous violent strike?

Answer 1

Homestead strike of 1892

Question 2

how did the dispute end

Answer 2

battle between the strikers and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (a private security firm)

Question 3

violence culminated in

Answer 3

shooting and stabbing of Henry Frick

who had been brought in to break the union

Question 4

shooting and stabbing of Henry Frick =

Answer 4

collapse of the strike

surrender by the workers

Question 5

how did violence ‘break the union’

Answer 5

dramatic decline in membership

Question 6

decline in membership

1891 vs 1894

Answer 6

1891 = 24,000
1894 = 10,000

Question 7

consequence of strike

Answer 7

seriously harmed progress of workers in gaining rights

employers even more suspicious of granting recognition to unions

Question 8

what did violence provide employers with

Answer 8

justification they needed to resist calls for recognition from labour

Question 9

violence continued into 20th century =

Answer 9

just after WW1

Question 10

during the remainder of the period (after the unrest following WW1)

Answer 10

union unrest and strike became more peaceful (perhaps realised violence achieved little)