One of the Root Causes of the Major Strike at the Pullman

question 28

Multiple Choice

One of the root causes of the major strike at the Pullman plant in 1893 was

• A) George Pullman's raising rents in his town.
• B) the inability of labor and management to negotiate a new contract.
• C) Eugene Debs's participation in the negotiation process.
• D) the company's attempts to control the work process.

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