Homestead Strike

1. 14th Amendment The 14th Amendment was passed in 1866, it grants citizenship to every person born in the United States or naturalize citizens which include former slaves. The Amendment also granted every person in the county equal rights and the same benefits of all laws in the constitution. It forbade the government from taking liberty, property, and denying anyone from equal rights. When the Amendment first landed on President Andrew Johnson’s desk, he vetoed it. He felt that it gives…

Nathan Grant Mrs. Shew English 3 11 April 2024 Carnegie mini-Q A hero has integrity, courage, and charisma and will face any challenge head-on and pursue greatness no matter what is in their way. Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who played a big role in American history. Carnegie was known for his wealth and generosity in building schools and libraries. Carnegie was not a hero because he overworked people, he was directly tied to the Johnstown flood. He…

time that encouraged change, but that change was not always a good one. The period of rapid industrial growth during the 1800s and into the early 1900s was more harmful because pollution, poor working conditions and labor strikes (Homestead Strike, Haymarket Affair, Pullman Strike). The Industrial Revolution caused a lot of pollution from the factories and coal. The following…

regulations. Union started to organize to be a voice for both skilled and unskilled workers. Unions rose and fell with the greatest culmination of labor’s response to unfettered capitalism in the show of violence occurring in 1892 during the Homestead Strike. The largest craft union, Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers were going into negotiations…

Steel Corporation was the largest of its kind in the world. Some felt that the need company’s success came at the expense of its workers The most notable case of this came in 1892. when the company tried to lower wages at a Carnegie Steel Plant in Homestead Pennsylvania the employees…

employers did not want them to go on strike again. However, once the war was over, the improvements did not last. Many workers went on strike, hoping to force their employers to raise wages and improve conditions, and the largest strike occurred among the steel workers from 1919 to 1920. This was known as the "Great Steel Strike of 1919," and it eventually involved more than 350,000 workers (Ohio History Central). The American Federation of Labor organized the strike, and…

America wasn’t always known as the World’s Leading Superpower. It wasn’t until the Cold War that America was coined this name for its’ powerful military and flourishing economy. However, this title wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the Industrial Revolution. As a result of the modernization during the years 1865 to 1900, America advanced into a dynamic and urbanized nation of faster transportation, new machinery and technology, and an increased population. Throughout the many changes, both…

overcome. The Industrial Revolution created many new job openings which led to owners of the companies only caring about financial issues or values, leaving their workers with dangerous conditions and low wages. As a result of this, labor unions and strikes occurred to challenge the owners about the unsanitary conditions, low wages and unfair pay. The Government introduced new laws and regulations to help the working communities receive better wages and working conditions. The “Factory Act” and…

“American dream”, so she took action. Her actions affected America Economically by causing chaos in America. This is first seen in the Homestead strike. This strike was caused by the workers at the Homestead mill, the owner of the mill was Henry Frick.. “The Homestead strike came during a period of intense unrest. Thousands of men and women fought for the right to strike, to form unions, and to establish a forty-hour work week.” (Emma Goldman: an exceedingly dangerous woman). Emma Goldman and…

The discovery of gold in the mountains of Colorado and Northern California made it possible for ordinary people to strike it rich. The availability of new, free land, gave families the opportunity to leave the cities of the west and start new lives as farmers and ranchers. In an 1867 article in the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley explained to the unemployed of New York: “If you strike off into the broad, free West, and make yourself a farm from Uncle Sam’s generous domain, you will crowd…