USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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Question
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Mexican Americans and Native Americans
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Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants
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African Americans and European immigrants
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Scottish immigrants and Japanese immigrants
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Detailed explanation-1: -Teachers should understand that most of the people who worked to build the transcontinental railroad were immigrants from China and Ireland. These immigrants faced discrimination in the U.S., but their labor made this national achievement possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to Chinese workers and Latter-Day Saints who worked for Central Pacific, Irish immigrants fleeing famine and newly freed slaves laid track across the Great Plains for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beginning in 1863, the Union Pacific, employing more than 8, 000 Irish, German, and Italian immigrants, built west from Omaha, Nebraska; the Central Pacific, whose workforce included over 10, 000 Chinese laborers, built eastward from Sacramento, California.