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QuizMultiple Choice

Strikes and Unrest

Question 3 • 8th Grade US History & Geography A

What company management strategy was used to suppress the Homestead Strike?

Answer
A
Company management made the employees sign yellow-dog contracts.
B
Company management bribed employees to give them information about the strike.
C
Company management hired strikebreakers to break up the union.
D
Company management blacklisted all of the union workers.

Explanation

During the Homestead Strike, company management brought in Pinkerton agents and later hired replacement workers to defeat the strike and weaken the union. This matches choice C: hiring strikebreakers to break up the union.

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