The Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers | Asian Americans

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Transcontinental Railroad Pacific Railway Act of 1862 Central Pacific Railroad Sacramento Union Pacific Railroad California Donner Pass Sierra Nevada Mountains domestic commerce international trade 1880s railroad the West Chinese Chinese Revolution Labor Hall of Honor U.S. Department of Labor Golden Spike Promontory Point Asian Americans Asian American immigration Chinese Exclusion Act United States U.S. history us history history American history social studies ushist22
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History-Social Science
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The Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers | Asian Americans

Explore what Chinese laborers experienced during the construction of the 1,776-mile Transcontinental Railroad, which sought to link travel between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. From 1863 to 1869, Central Pacific hired roughly 15,000 Chinese laborers—enduring long journeys across the ocean from China to California—to complete the Summit Tunnel at Donner Pass.
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