Question

How did the government react to the Pullman Strike? How does this event characterize government?

Answer 1

Answer:

Two Chicago judges issued an injunction against the boycott

The Chicago injunction made the strike a crime punishable by a jail sentence for contempt.

The Government used conciliatory gestures like creating a National Holiday "labor Day".

PART B

The Pullman's strike characterised the Government as an unfair,an unbalanced and inconsistent with honest opinions.

Explanation:The Pullman's strike is a major widespread strike by railroad strike and boycotts, this led to a high level of disruption of rail Activities it occured between May 1894 to June 1894.

The Government responded by

Obtaining a court injunction which criminalised the strike and boycotts and on June 28 when the then President Grover Cleveland in Union with the United States of America Congress created a national holiday called the Labor Day, as a conciliatory gesture toward the American labour movement.