RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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about 100-150 workers died while building the Union Pacific railroad.
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about 1, 000-1, 500 workers died while building the Central Pacific railroad.
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about 100-150 workers died while building the Central Pacific railroad.
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about 1, 000-1, 500 workers died while building the Union Pacific railroad.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because of dangerous work conditions in railroad construction in the 1800s, about 100-150 workers died while building the Central Pacific railroad. How did the Homestead Act affect US expansion? The act contributed to the closing of the western frontier.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between 1865-1869, 10, 000-12, 000 Chinese were involved in the building of the western leg of the Central Pacific Railroad. The work was backbreaking and highly dangerous. Approximately 1, 200 died while building the Transcontinental Railroad.
Detailed explanation-3: -Irish immigrants, freed slaves and Mormons also worked on the transcontinental railroad. “Snow fell so deeply that they had to build roofs over 37 miles of track so supply trains could make it through. The conditions were merciless, dangerous and harsh.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Few records were kept about the Chinese workers, particularly about deaths on the job, but estimates suggest that more than 1, 000 Chinese laborers died during the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Detailed explanation-5: -“Chinese received 30-50 percent lower wages than whites for the same job and they had to pay for their own food stuffs, ” Chang says. “They also had the most difficult and dangerous work, including tunneling and the use of explosives.