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Grover Cleveland was the president during the Pullman strike.

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Q: Which president used federal troops to stop the pullman strike of 1894?
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How did the Pullman strike end?

President Grover Cleveland ordered U.S. Marshals and U.S. Army troops to end the strike because it was affecting the transportation of the U.S. mail.The Pullman Strike ended as a direct result of the violent intervention of federal troops deployed by President Grover Cleveland.


President Grover Cleveland ended what after sending federal troops and jailed the leader of the union?

The Pullman Strike


How did the federal government side with industry in the Pullman Strike?

attached mail cars to Pullman cars as a reason to send in federal troops to break the strike.


Who was the president of the American Railway Union at the time of the Pullman Strike in 1894?

The president (during the Pullman Strike) of the ARU was Eugene V. Debs; not to be confused with Grover Cleveland: the president of the United States at the time.


The Pullman strike created the first instance of what?

The government use of federal troops to break a labor strike.


A US President who sent federal troops to Chicago to settle the Pullman strike?

President Grover Cleveland sent in 12,000 US Army troops under General Nelson Miles on the pretense that the strike disrupted the delivery of the US Mail.


Why did president Cleveland send in federal troops during the pullman strike?

because the railroad workers had stopped the trains, harming commerce in the u.s


What was the bitter railway dispute of 1894 that ended when federal troops crushed the workers protest?

Pullman Strike


Why did president Cleveland call in federal troops to end the pullman strike?

Grover Cleveland sent in troops to stop the Pullman Strike because it had become a violent, national nightmare with railroad workers refusing to service any trains with Pullman cars. Using the pretext of making sure the mail would get through, the federal troops effectively ended the Pullman Strike.


The government responded to the Pullman Strike by?

The federal government responded to the Pullman Strike by using federal troops to control the striking workers. Later, Labor Day was designated as an official holiday in an effort to conciliate the organized labor movement.


What two strikes did the president end by using troops against the strikers?

the rail road strike and the pullman strike


What strike involved the manufacture of railroads cars near Chicago?

Pullman Company Strike