The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

question 13

Multiple Choice

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877:

• A) was led by Samuel Gompers
• B) won higher wages for railroad workers
• C) did not have the support of the public at first, but as the strike (and its violence) spread, so did public sympathy for the strikers
• D) ended when the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to work
• E) began when Irish workers refused to work alongside Chinese

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