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What did Irish people do while working on the railroad?

Drink.


Irish immigrants helped build what Railroad?

Irish immigrants worked on the union pacific railroad to help build west from Omaha Nebraska. The Union Pacific was in fierce competition with the central pacific railroad so the irish sometimes would sabotage the work of the central pacific.


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.


How was it like to be an Irish worker of the transcontinental railroad?

It was hard but good


What three groups were the workersvon the transcontinental railroad?

The Irish, Chinese, and African Americans comprised the workforce on the Transcontinental Railroad.


What 2 ethnic groups were apart of the transcontinental railroad?

Chinese and Irish


Was there more Irish men or Mexican working on the transcontinental railroad?

yes


What immigrant group was the primary one to build the union railroad?

Irish


How many Irish worked on the trans conntinental railroad?

five trillion


Why did the Irish railroad workers move west?

because they loved sex


Which group of laborers did most of the work on the transcontinental railroad?

ChineseApex


What ethnic groups was instumental in the building of the transcontinental railroad?

If speaking purely on ethnic groups responsible in building the American railroad system -- the answers are: German, Irish, and Chinese.