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Labor and Unrest

Question 5 • RS AZ-US History A

Which of the following can be inferred about the federal intervention that ended the 1894 Pullman strike?

Answer
A
The government did not consider the interruption of mail important.
B
The government considered official, not personal, mail important.
C
The government considered mail delivery to be of vital importance.
D
The government did not consider mail delivery by railroad to be important.

Explanation

The federal government intervened in the Pullman strike partly because striking workers disrupted railroad traffic carrying mail. By using federal authority to restore that service, the government showed that it considered mail delivery to be of vital importance. The intervention does not suggest that only official mail mattered or that mail carried by railroad was unimportant.

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