The Strike by Five Thousand Chinese Rail Workers Against the Central

question 18

Multiple Choice

The strike by five thousand Chinese rail workers against the Central Pacific in the spring of 1867

• A)resulted in higher pay and an 8-hour workday for the strikers.
• B)ended when white workers were brought in as strike breakers.
• C)forced Charles Crocker and Company to withdraw from construction of the transcontinental railroad.
• D)was broken when Charles Crocker cut off the workers' food supply and threatened to discharge them.