AP Success - AP US History: Pullman Strike

Strikes were an essential tool for the American labor movement in the late 19th century.

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PULLMAN MEN OUT Nearly 4,000 Throw Down Their Tools and Quit Refuse to Work Till Wrongs are Righted Firing Three Men Starts It

Almost the entire force of men employed in the Pullman shops went out on strike yesterday. Out of the 4,800 men and women employed in the various departments there were probably not over 800 at work at 6 o’clock last evening. The immediate cause of the strike was the laying off of three men in the iron machine shop. The real but remote cause is the question of wages over which the men have long been unhappy. The strike of yesterday was ordered by a committee representing every department at the Pullman works... The position of the company is that no increase in wages is possible under the present conditions. The position of the men is that they are receiving less than a living wage, to which they are entitled.

The Chicago Sun Times: May 12, 1894

Question 1

Short answer

Briefly describe ONE perspective expressed by the writer about the American labor movement.

Question 2

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Briefly explain ONE event or development that led to the historical situation described in the excerpt.

Question 3

Short answer

Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect in the period from 1865 to 1898 that resulted from the actions described in the excerpt.

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