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I would say, from a few websites I found, that 11,000 Chinese people worked on the railroad. They worked the hardest and had great skills to work on hard to fix problems they used to fix for the Great Wall of China. -KKBURT
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∙ 14y agoThe Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
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What did Blanche K. Bruce accomplish while he served in the senate?
Worked diligently for African Americans, Native Americans and Chinese immigrants
How many Chinese died in World War II?
Chinese dead exceeded 11 million.
How many people died from the great railroad strike of 1877?
100 people died,
How big is the Chinese army?
to many to count
Why is the Chinese flag is red color?
the red symbolizes the blood that many Chinese people shed for their country.
Which group of laborers did most of the work on the transcontinental railroad?
ChineseApex
How many Chinese workers died building the transcontinental railroad?
7780000000000
How many people worked on the trans-continental railroad?
100 million people worked on the transcontinental railroad
What races worked on the US transcontinental railroad?
The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869. For the most part, Chinese workmen provided the labor required to build it. Private companies traveled to China to recruit workers.The obstacles that caused many of the difficulties in building the railroad were tackled by engineers. For the most part this would include people with an European heritage.
What made the construction of transcontinental railroad successful?
One of the main things that made the construction the First Transcontinental Railroad successful was Chinese labor. Many Chinese immigrants came to the US looking for jobs, and they were willing to work for lower wages than American workers.
How many miles long is the transcontinental railroad?
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.
How many hours did employees work on the transcontinental railroad?
They worked from dawn until the sun was down. A 14 hour plus day.
How many Chinese died building the transcontinental railroad?
many Chinese and Irish people died while working on it but no one for sure knows how many CHINESE men died we have estimated around 10,000 men died from the dynamite
What types of obstacles did the transcontinental railroad worker in the West have to face?
Working in rough terrain in the US West was tough for transcontinental railroad workers. There was always a threat from Native Tribes whose land was being violated and from weather extremes. Also, many minority workers were hired. Many were Chinese and were teated badly by railroad managers. Wages were not high for non-whites.
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.
Was the Transcontinental the first Transcontinental Railroad?
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
Was the transcontinental railroad the first railroad?
No. The transcontinental line was completed in 1869, which was four decades plus after the first railroads began operating in the US. Before this railroad was made there were already many other railroads in the eastern United States, but there were so many travelers to the west that the government wanted to make it easier for people to move out west with the Transcontinental Railroad.
