Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | 5

1341.786 - 1363.601 Lindsey Graham

You mentioned that the Chinese laborers were good at teamwork and worked well within their gangs. But one thing that was interesting to me that we learned in our series was that Chinese workers not only were good at teamwork— but were perhaps also good teamsters. They went on strike in 1867 to protest the conditions in the Sierras. What did these striking workers want, and did they get it?