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How did the railroads solve the problem of not having enough workers to build the transcontinental railroad?
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∙ 13y ago
They imported workers from China
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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 Chinese workers died building the transcontinental railroad?
7780000000000
What country did most of the workers who built the transcontinental railroad come from?
china
Why was it hard for companies to find workers for the transcontinental railroad?
the chinese workers were not allowed to enter the country
How old were the workers when building the transcontinental railroad?
The builders of the Transcontinental Railroad ranged in age from the late 10's to their early 40's or 50's
What happened to civil war railroads after the civil war?
The Civil War delayed construction, but the ambitious project picked back up shortly after the war ended. Railroad construction in the West and South continued for decades after workers completed the transcontinental railroad.
Which railroad did Chinese workers work for during the transcontinental railroad?
The Chinese worked mostly under the Central Pacific railroad company.
What problems had to be overcome in building the Transcontinental Railroad?
for one, workers had poor working conditions and little pay for the work they did. Sometimes, they ran into mountains, and the only way to build the railroad there was make the railroads explode with dynomite. Some of the workers got blown up while working with the dynomite. hard times, huh?
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.
How did the government help the railroad workers for building their railroads?
By encouraging chinese Immigration.
Irish workers and the transcontinental railroad?
They helped because of a food famin and needed more money.
