In the summer of 1916, striking white workers in East St. Louis:

A) joined an interracial union campaign to demand higher wages and better working conditions.
B) attacked newly arrived black workers who had come to fill vacant jobs at a local plant.
C) stopped trains from the south from delivering black workers to the city.
D) petitioned President Wilson for financial assistance to continue their strike.


Answer: B

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