THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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Work in building the Transcontinental Railroad
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Work in New York factories
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Contributions to the steel industry
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Contributions to John D. Rockefeller
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chinese workers made a significant contribution to the construction of the first transcontinental railroad during the 1860s. Historians estimate 12, 000 Chinese immigrants worked for the Central Pacific Railroad, blasting tunnels and laying track from Sacramento, through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and into Utah.
Detailed explanation-2: -“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. There is also evidence they faced physical abuse at times from some supervisors.
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: -Between 1865 and 1869, thousands of Chinese migrants toiled at a grueling pace and in perilous working conditions to help construct America’s first Transcontinental Railroad.