History of the United States II / Unit 3 USH2 0341 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cleveland and the Mail
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The idea
President Grover Cleveland attached mail cars to trains and sent federal troops to ensure mail delivery, which broke the Pullman strike.
In practice
Debs arrested, and the strike ending on July thirteenth with no gains.
Where people slip
The federal government acted as a strikebreaker. Unit six sets a later president's very different answer to a strike beside this one.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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