USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They were paid less than American workers and lived in tents, while white workers were given accommodation in train cars. Chinese workers made up most of the workforce between roughly 700 miles of train tracks between Sacramento, California, and Promontory, Utah.

Detailed explanation-2: -The major groups of immigrants that worked on the transcontinental railroad were from Ireland and China.

Detailed explanation-3: -While Chinese workers dominated the railroad workforce in the West, most eastern and southern railroad companies relied on Black Americans to do the back-breaking construction work.

Detailed explanation-4: -This photo shows three Chinese Railroad workers-Ging Cui, Wong Fook, and Lee Shao-at the Transcontinental Railroad’s 50th Anniversary in 1919.

Detailed explanation-5: -In early 1865 the Central Pacific had work enough for 4, 000 men. Yet contractor Charles Crocker barely managed to hold onto 800 laborers at any given time. Most of the early workers were Irish immigrants.