The Great Railroad Strike of 1877<span> started on July 14 in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in response to the Baltimore & Ohio</span>Railroad<span> (B&O) cutting wages of </span>workers<span> for the third time in a year. Striking </span>workers<span> would not allow any of the trains, mainly freight trains, to roll until this third wage cut </span>was<span> revoked.</span>
Answer: The correct answer is : The power of the workers was demonstrated as follows: workers have a lot of popular support, workers from different industries were willing to work together, workers had so much power that they could stop and even stop the economy, the workers were determined to oppose government forces even if it is with violence.
Everything originated because the railways announced salary cuts, the company did not accept the demands of the workers, so they decided to prevent the railroad from functioning until the salary decision was changed.
The Athen's was the main governing body and they made the decisions including voting on laws, deciding whether to go to war, and determining foreign policy.
