MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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they communicated to one another in English
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they were warmly welcomed into American society for their valuable contribution
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they were poorly paid for their difficult work of building transportation routes
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they were mainly prisoners forced to accept their conditions of work
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 19th century, more than 2.5 million Chinese citizens left their country and were hired in 1864 after a labor shortage threatened the railroad’s completion. The work was tiresome, as the railroad was built entirely by manual laborers who used to shovel 20 pounds of rock over 400 times a day.
Detailed explanation-2: -They were paid a maximum of $30 a month and often lived in the underground tunnels they were constructing, some of which collapsed onto the workers. (More than 1, 000 Chinese workers died in rail-related accidents.) By contrast, Irish workers were paid $35 a month, and were provided with housing.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Transcontinental Railroad Company provided the largely Irish workers on the eastern section of the railroad with free meals and housing, they forced the Chinese workers on the western section to supply their own.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.