WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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That the government cared about the concerns of the unions
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That the government was frustrated with big businessmen
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That the government cared more about big businesses rather than the workers
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That the government wanted to take on a stronger role in regulating businesses
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the government working to the General Managers’ Association’s ends, Debs felt the only way to force the Pullman Company into arbitration was reaching out to other labor groups to join in a general strike, but his efforts did not succeed. The boycott dissolved in mid-July, and the ARU was defeated.
Detailed explanation-2: -The federal government obtained an injunction against the union, Debs, and other boycott leaders, ordering them to stop interfering with trains that carried mail cars. After the strikers refused, President Grover Cleveland ordered in the Army to stop the strikers from obstructing the trains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate consequences of the strike were insignificant. Pullman workers had to Page 3 return to their jobs, still hampered by high rents and low wages. The ARU had been defeated and its strength dwindled. Furthermore, the federal government had shown definitively its position towards labor unions and laborers.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Pullman strike brought Eugene Debs national attention, and it led directly to his conversion to socialism. The events of the strike led other Americans to begin a quest for achieving more harmonious relations between capital and labor while protecting the public interest.