US History 10: Homestead Strike – Flashcards
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What did Carnegie and Frick desire?
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Reduce Cost
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Why was Frick angry?
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Undesirable contract and Frick Coke Co.
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Where did Carnegie take a trip to?
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Scottland
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When did Carnegie leave?
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Early June
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What did Frick build at the end of June?
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Palasides around mill
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Who did he break off negotiations with?
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Union leaders
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What did he announce?
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Wage Reduction/Layoffs
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Who did he contact on July 1?
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Allan Pinkerton, Pinkerton agency
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What did he want them to do?
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break the strike
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When did they arrive?
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July 5
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How many Pinkertons came/
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300
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How did they arrive?
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Barge
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When did the battle begin?
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July 6
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What time?
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4:00 A.M.
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How many were killed in the shootout?
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12
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When was the 2nd attempt?
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8:00
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What happened to the barge the rest of the day?
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Gunfire
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What did the Pinkertons do at 4:00 P.M.?
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Surrender
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What did the union do?
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Give Pinkertons safe exit through gauntlet
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What group did Alexander Berkman belong to?
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Radical Anarchist
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When did he try to shoot Frick?
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July 23 1892
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Where did he shoot him?
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Twice in the neck
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What did he do after the shooting didnt work?
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Stabs him 3 times
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Who was subdued
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Berkman
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What was Berkman tried and convicted of?
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Attempted Murder
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What did Berkmans attempt do?
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Turn public against strike
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What was the union blamed for?
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Shielding Anarchists
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What happened November 20?
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Called of strike
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What were the workers forced to sign?
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Yellow Dog Contract
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How long did US Steel remain non union?
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Till 1930s
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