WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
EXPANDING THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Native Americans
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Chinese
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Irish
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Engineers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Big Four Four northern California businessmen formed the Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford, (1824–1893), President; Collis Potter Huntington, (1821–1900), Vice President; Mark Hopkins, (1813–1878), Treasurer; Charles Crocker, (1822–1888), Construction Supervisor.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Stevens is considered to be the father of American railroads. In 1826 Stevens demonstrated the feasibility of steam locomotion on a circular experimental track constructed on his estate in Hoboken, New Jersey, three years before George Stephenson perfected a practical steam locomotive in England.
Detailed explanation-5: -In addition to Chinese workers and Latter-Day Saints who worked for Central Pacific, Irish immigrants fleeing famine and newly freed slaves laid track across the Great Plains for the Union Pacific Railroad.