How was the Pullman Palace Car Company able to put an end to the Pullman Strike without the same level of violence experienced in other strikes of that time?
A. Carnegie, the owner, gave into workers' demands for reduced rent on company-owned homes.
B. Eugene V. Debs, the instigator of the Pullman Strike, was arrested and sent to jail for six months, so the strike fell apart.
C. The Knights of Labor intervened and helped settle the dispute because it had been one of their members who started it.
D. The U.S. Attorney General ended the strike by citing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

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How was the Pullman Palace Car Company able to put an end to the Pullman Strike without the same level of violence experienced in other strikes of that time? 
	A.	Carnegie, the owner, gave into workers' demands for reduced rent on company-owned homes.
	B.	Eugene V. Debs, the instigator of the Pullman Strike, was arrested and sent to jail for six months, so the strike fell apart.
	C.	The Knights of Labor intervened and helped settle the dispute because it had been one of their members who started it.
	D.	The U.S. Attorney General ended the strike by citing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

anonymous · Answer

I'm leaning towards D. The U.S. Attorney General ended the strike by citing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The AG cited the Act because the strike affected the transport of goods and services on a national level. There was also the interruption of mail service which also brought this closer to Federal attention. However, it didn't avoid all of the violence that accompanied other strikes. Federal soldiers were sent in when the strikers refused to go back to work and made things worse with further protests. You can check out a nutshell description of the event here: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1029.html