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How did women help in the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
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While it was indeed an all-male job constructing the railroad, and numerous immigrants (especially Irish and Chinese men) were hired in large numbers, the Central Pacific Railroad History Museum notes an exception to the "all-male" rule. The CPRR hired Native-American (Indian) workers from the Shoshone tribe, and when that happened, the workers provided were both male and female; there is thus some evidence that Shoshone women were among the laborers who built the Central Pacific Railroad, though not in as large numbers as the male workers.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 7y agoThey didn't. It was an all male job. There were women who followed and practiced prostitution.
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the Chinese chipped their way through the Sierra Nevada Mountains and they hung from baskets when they did it. they were a big help to the dangerous job of building the Transcontinental railroad.
What was the controversy over the transcontinental railroad?
White Americans justified the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad with the concept of Manifest Destiny. They believed that the United States was meant to control as much land as possible. To accomplish this, the country must first stretch "from sea to shining sea." A railroad that spanned the entire nation would help to achieve this goal. However, to get the land for a railroad, Native American rights to territory had to be taken away as quickly as possibly to make way for construction.
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The government contributed to the building of the transcontinental railroad by?
The Government granted the Eastern and Pacific Railroad Companies subsidies to help them expand.
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it made it easier to get from one place to the other
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I have been researching this topic and in the childrens book, "Life in the Old West- The Railroad" it said that the Germans were involved in building the track.
