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olivia_learns The chaotic mobile towns that followed the transcontinental railroad construction.
olivia_learns Irish immigrants built the Union Pacific Railroad across the American plains.
olivia_learns Wooden saloons and canvas tents cluster around the end of the new tracks.
olivia_learns Labeled track-layers assemble the transcontinental railroad across a flat, geometric landscape.
olivia_learns Lay tracks through the rugged mountains to discover how the transcontinental railroad stitched America together.
The record-breaking day: During the ten-mile day, the eight Irish rail-layers lifted a combined total of over 125 tons of iron rails.
A person who does manual work for wages. Beginning in 1865, Chinese laborers blasted treacherous railroad tunnels through the Sierra Nevada granite.
What percentage of the Central Pacific Railroad's workforce was composed of Chinese immigrants?
olivia_learns Chinese crews built the Central Pacific Railroad through the Sierra Nevada.
How did the wages of Chinese workers compare to those of white workers on the railroad?
olivia_learns Central Pacific crews build a historic stretch of railroad in Utah.
How many Irish rail-layers physically handled the heavy iron rails during the famous ten-mile day?
What were the chaotic, temporary towns that followed the railroad workers called?
Who was the Central Pacific construction boss who bet that his crews could lay ten miles of track?
Which modern Wyoming city began as a lawless 'Hell on Wheels' railroad town?
Which major immigrant group made up the bulk of the Union Pacific's workforce?