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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