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The Men Who Built America: Episode 4 “Blood is Spilled”
1. Why did the people of Johnstown ignore the telegram that instructed them to evacuate?
2. How many Johnstown residents were killed during the flood?
3. What relief agency/organization tried to help out the remaining residents of Johnstown?
4. What effect did the flood have on Andrew Carnegie personally?
5. How did he begin to try to repair his image after the flood?
6. John D. Rockefeller was worth an estimated ____X as much as Carnegie, but he still felt threatened
by his wealth.
7. What did the paper sack vest that Rockefeller sent to Carnegie represent?
8. What state was Carnegie’s steel mill Homestead located in?
9. How did Carnegie cut cost at the Homestead mill?
10. Why did Carnegie leave the U. S. and go to Scotland?
11. How many hours per day were workers at the Homestead required to work? How many days per
week?
12. How does Frick respond after receiving Carnegie’s letter?
13. What does Frick’s note to the workers say?
14. How did the workers respond to the note?
15. What warning did Frick relay to the workers in response?
16. According to the documentary, the Pinkertons stopped a plot to assassinate who?
17. How many workers barricaded themselves inside the Homestead Plant?
18. How did the governor of Pennsylvania restore order?
19. Who did the public blame for the riots?
20. The episode ends with Frick laying in a pool of blood. What do you think Frick’s fate will be? How
do you think the public will react to the attack on Frick (whose side do you think they will take)?