No. They wanted to build the railroad and it was a job. The railroad connected the east to the west.
They didn’t express how they felt.
Working in rough terrain in the US West was tough for transcontinental railroad workers. There was always a threat from Native Tribes whose land was being violated and from weather extremes. Also, many minority workers were hired. Many were Chinese and were teated badly by railroad managers. Wages were not high for non-whites.
It helped pave the way for American industry to expand into the West.
There was unclaimed land for them to use for building the railroads and the people would pay them so it was a easy way to get money!
It was the first nationwide strike in the United States
They didn’t express how they felt.
bad
Work
because they loved sex
They were sidbusters,miners,single women,cowboys,railroad workers
#1: it helped to settle the west #2: the east was brought closer to the west
they were chinese,mexicans, and americans who needed money
Working in rough terrain in the US West was tough for transcontinental railroad workers. There was always a threat from Native Tribes whose land was being violated and from weather extremes. Also, many minority workers were hired. Many were Chinese and were teated badly by railroad managers. Wages were not high for non-whites.
the railroad linking east to west is the transcontinental railroad
When the railroads were completed, some nativists threatened railroad owners with harm if they hired Chinese people. This resulted in some of the railroads in the west hiring more workers out of Mexico.
The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.
It helped pave the way for American industry to expand into the West.