History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0339 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Homestead's Outcome
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The idea
By July thirteenth the state militia was escorting strikebreakers into the Homestead mill, and by November the union was defeated.
In practice
The anarchist Alexander Berkman's failed attempt to kill Frick, which cost him fourteen years in prison.
Where people slip
Digital History says the clash helped eliminate unions from the steel industry for more than four decades.
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