Read the quote attributed to theodore rhodie, a former pullman employee.

"i do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the american railway union because when a man asks me

to give up my principles, my rights as an american citizen, he might just as well ask for my life."

what result of the pullman strike is the worker describing?

a) the loss of money by the pullman company.

b) the imprisonment of eugene debs.

c) the rehiring of workers after they resigned from the union.

d) the increase in court cases that disrupted union activities.

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Devan Lawson

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9 July, 16:57

Read the quote attributed to theodore rhodie, a former pullman employee.

"i do not like to walk up there and hand up my membership in the american railway union because when a man asks me

to give up my principles, my rights as an american citizen, he might just as well ask for my life."

what result of the pullman strike is the worker describing?

a) the loss of money by the pullman company.

b) the imprisonment of eugene debs.

c) the rehiring of workers after they resigned from the union.

d) the increase in court cases that disrupted union activities.

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Taryn Mora · Answer 1

c) the rehiring of workers after they resigned from the union

Explanation:

The Pullman strike was a response to the depression of the 1893 which caused Pullman manufacturing company, a company that manufactured railroad cars, to slash already low worker's wages by 25%, causing an uproar among Pullman workers that led to the Pullman strike. The Pullman strike also drew in the ARU causing a strike against the Great Northern Railway System in 1894. The strike caused great obstruction to traffic and slowed business mightily causing a government injunction. The above is a comment in the issue from a Pullman worker, Theodore Rhodie in August 16, 1894