Homestead Strike

P. J. O’Rourke said, “Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.” When Mark Twain and Charles Dudley coined the phrase ‘gilded age’ to describe what they saw in the late 19th century I’m sure they would agree wholeheartedly with Mr. O’Rourke. What does it mean ‘gilded age’? Gilded means to coat with a thin layer

formed off the coast of Africa, traveling west across the Atlantic before forming into a tropical storm that quickly grew into a strong category 5 hurricane, named Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Miami-Dade County in the city of Homestead, Florida causing catastrophic damage in the area from the strength of the wind from the storm. The accurate wind speed from this storm is unknown due to the majority of measurement tools being destroyed in the storm, but sustained wind speeds of

demonstrating the importance of peacefully protesting and that the U.S. government should not interfere with demonstrations such as this one. The Homestead Strike was an industrial strike at the Carnegie Steel Company plant that occurred in Homestead, Pennsylvania, on July 6, 1892. Many regard it as one of the most violent labor strikes in United States History. The strike began when the manager of the plant, Henry Clay Frick, closed the mill after the workers rejected his proposed twenty-two percent wage cut

American Federation of Labor (AFL), which it eventually joined, becoming a major force in trade union policy by representing steel and iron workers at the Philadelphia Conference in 1885. Moreover, the AAIS achieved significant growth into the Homestead Mills in

year 1848. The Homestead Act also encouraged folks to travel west but it had its limitations, the Homestead Act supplied terrain to colonists as long as they would enhance the land in some sort of way and this interested a lot of family owned farm businesses to venture out West and rebuild on a new-fangled landscape; what eventually ended up happening to these farmers was devastating, most fell victim to a lifetime of debt that would never be paid off. The limitations set on the Homestead Act was that

so much. Without these types of regulations, railroad owners can set prices, no matter how high, which is affecting the farmers’ livelihoods. This has led many farmers to file for bankruptcy forcing them back East. Secondary Article #2: The Homestead

middle-class citizens held this belief and was the driving force in Americas expansion. In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act that would help aid settlers in their plight across the Plains. These acts used public lands to achieve significant national ambitions of western migration and the construction of the transcontinental railroad. In 1862, the Homestead Act was passed into law. The act stated that any American citizen could file an application and for a small amount

The Strike by Sergei Eisenstein is a 1925 silent film depicting a variety of factory workers in pre-Soviet Russia carrying out a strike, and then being suppressed by governmental forces. Eisenstein uses an, at the time, novel editing technique which he entitled “the montage of attractions” in order to engage and manipulate his viewers attentions. In this critique, the final scene of The Strike, will be examined in order to bring to light the brutal editing, visual techniques, and associations between

Evgeny Bauer’s “The Revolutionary” (1917) and Sergei Eisenstein’s “Strike” (1925). Both of these films utilize several interesting artistic choices and convey their stories well to the audience- yet for in order for a film to be truly revolutionary, it has to convey a bold message along with a unique performance. While Bauer’s film left me with a greater appreciation of early cinema as an art form I think that Sergei Eisenstein’s “Strike” is the truly revolutionary film. While Bauer’s “The Revolutionary”

was a very good movie. It was suspenseful, engaging, and covered an especially relevant topic in this day and age. From the civilian side of things, the military and its use of drone strikes tend to be simplified into black and white “good” or “bad” situations, almost like you would see in movies. If a drone strike succeeds in saving lives, then it was a good move. If there was significant collateral damage, then it was a bad move. However it turns out, for better or for worse, there is always risk