In 1894, the Pullman strike began when George Pullman:
a. died and his unpopular son, George Pullman, Jr., took over the company
b. cut wages and fired workers when orders for Pullman "palace cars" began to decline
c. actively interfered with the organizing of the American Railway Union
d. ordered the assassination of Eugene V. Debs
B
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