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What dangers did the railroad workers face when the transcontinental railroad was built?
Temperature, hygiene, hunger
How many Chinese workers died building the transcontinental railroad?
7780000000000
What was not a major danger workers faced building the transcontinental railroad?
Being eaten by killer penguins,
Transcontinental railroad facts?
The day the Transcontinental Railroad was finished, the workers drove a golden spike to connect the 2 railroads to form one. Also the transcontinental railroad was made so people could cross the United States faster.You could travel first class across the country in four days.Only parts of the Transcontinental Railroad are in use today.The Central Pacific had to blast 19 tunnels through the Sierra Nevada.Before the railroad, to get to California from the east coast by boat took about 190 days.It took the work of thousands of men to build the Transcontinental Railroad.The entire project of the building of the railroad costed hundreds of millions of dollars. And that was the cost in the nineteenth century who knows what it could cost now. Maybe, billions, or even trillions of dollars! two thirds of the workers were Asian the other was American and Irish.
What caused the slow progress in building the transcontinental railroad?
hazardous and inaccessible mountainous regions made work difficult
What group constituted the majority of workers responsible for building the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish Immigrants
What groups consitituted the majority of workers responsible for building the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish immigrants
Why was the construction of the transcontinental railroad succedssful?
The use of Irish immigrants as workers, the use of veterans of the civil war.
What three groups were the workersvon the transcontinental railroad?
The Irish, Chinese, and African Americans comprised the workforce on the Transcontinental Railroad.
What many railroad workers homeland?
At the time we were building the Transcontinental Railroad, most of the workmen were Chinese on the team coming from Sacramento heading east. The team building westbound were mostly Irish, Italian and African Americans, but primarily Irish.
How was it like to be an Irish worker of the transcontinental railroad?
It was hard but good
What dangers did the railroad workers face when the transcontinental railroad was built?
Temperature, hygiene, hunger
Did the workers camp out while working on the transcontinental railroad?
yes!
How many Irish people died building the transcontinental railroad?
about 10,000 Irish men died during the making of the transcontinental railroad. Some Irish people died because of the squads were dynamite squads and sometimes blew up.
Was there more Irish men or Mexican working on the transcontinental railroad?
yes
What 2 ethnic groups were apart of the transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish
How many Chinese workers died building the transcontinental railroad?
7780000000000
