Grover cleveland's response to the pullman strike

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Grover cleveland's response to the pullman strike

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Answer: Grover Cleveland's response to the Pullman strike was to send federal troops to keep the trains running.

Explanation:

The Pullman Strike started on 11 May 1894. It was the result of protest by railway workers against George Pullman, hence the name Pullman strike.

George Pullman started cutting manpower and asked the remaining ones to work extra hours at a lower wages. This started in 1983 as a result of economic downfall caused by the Panic of 1893.

It was this strike that gave birth to Labor Day, a national holiday to pacify American labor movement.

The labors who started Pullman Strike were from a union founded by Eugene Debs, known as American Railroad Union (ARU).

The government's response to this strike gave a hint that government is trying to break the strike.