RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Indians
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French and Irish
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Irish and African Americans
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Chinese
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Union Pacific’s work force included Irish immigrants, former soldiers from the North and the South, convicts from eastern prisons, as well as Mormons living near the railroad route in Utah Territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -1807-1877. Oakes and Oliver Ames (of the Oliver Ames & Sons pick and shovel business, which amassed a large fortune during the gold rush), undertook the financing of the construction of the Union Pacific, coming to the assistance of Dr. Durant during a crucial money crunch in 1865.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Central Pacific began laying track eastward from Sacramento, California, in 1863, and the Union Pacific started westward from Omaha, Nebraska, two years later. To meet its manpower needs, the Central Pacific hired thousands of Chinese labourers, including many recruited from farms in Canton.