The Irish Americans #6

Comments

1. In 1877 Irsh railroad workers were informed of a potential pay cut.
2. It was a 10% pay cut and they suffered threw the hard times like the whole country was at the time.
3. 1877 was the year the Strike of 1877 occured (lol).
4. This strike awakened the country.
5. Later strikes occured between 1881 and 1905 as many as 36757.

Questions

1. What caused the strike?
2. What was the main racial group affected?
3. Was the WHOLE country affected?
4. How did the strikes affect the rich?

Vocabulary

1. tocsin
2. subsequent
3. strike

literary terms