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Q: What did the Central Pacific Railroad pay the Chinese workers?
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What was the ethnicity of the workers who built the central pacific railroad?

Chinese


How many Chinese workers helped build the central pacific railroad?

Approximately 10,000 Chinese workers were hired by the Central Pacific Railroad.


What were the nationality of the workers on the Central Pacific Railroad?

Chinese emigrant workers were used to build Central Pacific Railroad. It is estimated that 12000 such workers were employed which was 90 percent of the total work force.


Which railroad did Chinese workers work for during the transcontinental railroad?

The Chinese worked mostly under the Central Pacific railroad company.


Who were the workers of the central pacific railroad?

Irish, Chinese, and Americans... The most important jobs were given to the Chinese and Irish. Lots of men died >.< If you want more information, go check www.google.com or www.wikipedia.com or something like that xD lol.Thanks for reading this ^.- (winky winky =P LOL)


How did the Central Pacific railroad company treat Chinese workers?

The Central Pacific railroad took advantage of its Chinese immigrant employees. They would pay them significantly less than the unskilled white workers. The company didn't provide the complementary food and lodging for them that was enjoyed by the white workers. Also, the Chinese were given the most dangerous of the jobs, which led to the death of about 10 percent of the company's Chinese workforce.


What workers did the union pacific and central pacific railroad companies pick?

All workers were needed


Who were the workers for the Union pacific railroad?

a high percentage were Chinese


Who built the transcontinental railroad-?

The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.


Irish workers and the transcontinental railroad?

They helped because of a food famin and needed more money.


Where did the central pacific railroad hire workers from because of the shortage workers in California?

i think its ireland..


What nationality made up the labor force on the union pacific railroad track?

the chinamen