Question

Which of the following was not one of the four major labor strikes of 1919?
A.Seattle general strike
B.Pullman strike
C.Boston police strike
D.Pennsylvania steel strike
E.United mine workers strike

Answer 1

Hint:An unprovoked attack by mounted state police during the strike in September.The strike was an effort by the weakened US industry within the wake of war.The AA (amalgamated association) had been formed. It was a union of skilled steel and ironworkers which was deeply committed to craft unionism.However, technological advances had slashed the amount of skilled workers in both industries.

Complete answer:
The Pennsylvania steel strike was one of the four major labor strikes of America.The steel strike was an effort for weakening the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to arrange the US industry within the wake of World War I.The strike, which culminated with a day-long gun battle in July that left dead and dozens wounded, led to a wave of de-unionization.From a high of more than members in union membership had sunk to less than by the union attempted to arrange workers within the tin industry, but a sudden wave of industry consolidations left the union facing the large U.S. Steel Corporation.
In the U.S. Steel Recognition Strike, the union struck the fledgling company and won nearly all its demands.During war I, the AA saw some limited growth. Inflation pushed the employees to demand high wages which the association quickly claimed credit for.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:The strike began in September, and collapsed in January.In the strike the Amalgamated association had lost a bitter strike at the Carnegie Steel Company's steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania.