"Yellow Dog" Contracts Were Contracts

question 33

Multiple Choice

"Yellow dog" contracts were contracts

• A) in which employers agreed not to hire Chinese immigrants.
• B) in which workers promised not to strike or join a union.
• C) that guaranteed that only union members would be hired.
• D) that permitted only Asian immigrants to be hired.
• E) that limited wages to no more than $2 a day.

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