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A New War Begins

40 min

Oil Strike

43 min

A Rivalry Is Born

42 min

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Blood Is Spilled

47 min

A New Rival Emerges

41 min

Owning It All

47 min

Taking The White House

41 min

The New Machine

47 min

History Classroom: The Men Who Built America

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Blood Is Spilled

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Nov 2, 2012

Carnegie hires Henry frick to help him achieve his goal of dominating the steel industry and besting Rockefeller. The partnership seems promising, but frick is pushing workers to a breaking point. Meanwhile, the Johnstown flood of 1889 leaves 2,000 people dead, and Carnegie’s South fork fishing & Hunting Club faces blame. Worker unrest culminates in a massive strike at the Homestead Steel plant in 1892. Violence ensues when frick calls in the Pinkerton security agency. The strike is a major turning point in American labor history, showing how workers would fight for fair wages and conditions when faced with injustice. Carnegie is determined to make up for these scars on his reputation.

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History Classroom: The Men Who Built America

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201247m

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Blood Is Spilled

Season 1 · Episode 4 · Nov 2, 2012

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