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AP Success - AP US History: Analyzing the Pullman Strike of 1894

Source 1

"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

Multiple choice

What was the immediate cause of the Pullman strike according to the Chicago Sun Times article?

Question 2

Multiple choice

According to the source, what was the underlying issue that led to the Pullman strike?

Question 3

Multiple choice

What does the source suggest about the economic conditions at the time of the Pullman strike?

Question 4

Multiple choice

How does the source characterize the scale of the Pullman strike?

Question 5

Multiple choice

What does the source indicate about the workers' perspective on the strike?

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