Important Names
Sent federal troops to Chicago on July 3.
Who is President Grover Cleveland?
The Great Railroad Strike of this year was the first major rail strike in the U.S. and the first general strike in U.S. history.
What is 1877?
Alexander Berkman attempted to assassinate Henry Clay Frick and strikers lost much support during this strike.
What is the Homestead Strike?
This was a violent labor dispute between Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers.
What is the Homestead Strike?
The ARU’s president.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
The Haymarket Riot was a violent confrontation between police and labor protesters in Chicago, IL on May 4 of this year.
What is 1886?
The Knights of Labor was blamed for this riot.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
The Pullman Company did not reduce the rents in a neighborhood of this city.
What is Chicago?
Carnegie’s operations manager.
Who is Henry Clay Frick?
During the Great Railroad Strike, northern railroads were still suffering from the Panic of this year.
What is 1873?
This company cut the already low wages of its workers by about 25 percent.
What is the Pullman Company?
After the Haymarket Riot, they were convicted of murder.
Who are eight anarchists?
The Governor of Pennsylvania who sent 8,500 state militia soldiers
Who is Robert Emory Pattison?
During the Homestead Strike, the union gave up by November 21 of this year.
What is 1892?
n Philadelphia, an angry crowd set fire to engines, buildings, and equipment during this strike.
What is the Great Railroad Strike of 1877?
He issued an injunction during the Pullman Strike.
Who is Richard Olney?
The Governor of Illinois who pardoned the surviving three men
Who is John Peter Altgeld?
Henry Clay Frick, Carnegie’s operations manager, fired all 3,800 workers on July 2 of this year.
What is 1892?
The homestead workers were members of the Amalgamated Association of this.
What is Iron and Steel Workers?
Northern railroads began cutting salaries and wages in this year.
What is 1877?