10 Days That Changed America
The Homestead Strike
1. Between 1860-1890, how many immigrants entered the United States?
2. Name three industries that we growing in late 19th century America.
3. What were workers arguing about industrial development?
4. What was the influence of steel production in the late 19th century?
5. Who was Andrew Carnegie and what did he argue about steel?
6. Describe the living conditions at the Homestead Works.
7. Describe working life in the Homestead mills.
8. Describe how a union was organized during the late 19th century.
9. How did Amalgamated Steel Union organize itself against Carnegie?
10. How did Amalgamated Steel association workers see their relationship with
Carnegie?
11. What does it mean to “own your job” and how did this apply to the
Amalgamated Steel Association at Homestead?
12. Who did Carnegie assign to negotiate with the union? Why?
13. Name of the methods used by Frick to break unions.
14. According to Frick, what were the problems with unions?
15. What was Carnegie’s strategy to break the union? Why?
16. Why was Homestead Works called Fort Frick in 1892?
17. Why did Frick lock-out the workers in 1892?
18. What is a scab?
19. Why did Frick hire the Pinkerton Agency to guard the workers of the Homestead
Works?
20. What did O’Donnell tell the Pinkerton’s as the exited the barge?
21. Who suffered the most losses in the initial confrontation?
22. Describe what happened to the Pinkerton’s after the initial confrontation.
23. What happened to the Pinkerton’s as they existed the barge.
24. Describe how America was divided over the incident at the Homestead Works.
25. How was Frick’s case strengthened after the Homestead riot?
26. Describe the impact of state militia at the Homestead Works and explain the
impact of their presence.
27. What was the only way workers would be allowed to return to their jobs at the
Homestead Works?
28. What are sympathy strikes?
29. Who was Alexander Berkman?
30. What changed the public opinion of the strikers at Homestead Works? Why?
31. What will usually always break a strike?
32. What happened to the workers who returned to the mill?
33. How was this failed strike a victory for Carnegie Companies?
34. What happened to Hugh O’Donnell?
35. What happened to McLucky?
36. How did reporters describe the town of Homestead after the strike?
37. Who did Andrew Carnegie sell his company to and for what price?
38. What did Andrew Carnegie did with his money towards the end of his life?
39. What were the positive impacts of Carnegie and Frick?
40. How did the Battle at Homestead change America?