Question 3 • US History II S1 - Molyneux - 6250 - 2026/27
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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