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bad, they had to endure many difficulties and challenges such as scurvy, poor (no pun intended) pay, the most dangerous jobs such as blasting through solid granite with tnt and the whites alienated the Chinese by their appearance. They had a rather racist nickname for the Chinese called "coolies". Most Chinese people didn't even save up enough money to go home>
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What is the collective noun of navvies?
The noun 'navvies' doesn't have its own collective noun. Since navvies were the workmen who built the railroads, a collective noun suitable for workmen will work; a gang of navvies, a crew of navvies, etc.
How many navvies did it take to buildClaedonian railway?
A lot of navvies
What does navvies mean?
The Irish labours who built the canal system in England were called navigators, shortened to navvies.
What were the navvies and what did they do?
They dug canals.
How are Chinese Americans treated in China?
they are treated equal peace and love
Why was the caribou road built?
Cariboo road was built for workers to have easy access to the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway). It was very dangerous for workers to ride along in oxen-powered carts. Many lives were lost in the raging Fraser River. A lot of the white workers were racist to the Chinese workers (Navvies) and were always more worried about the oxen being lost, not the Navvies.
What did the British Empire gain from Ireland?
Irish navvies
Do Chinese woman like to be treated nicely?
yes
How were the Chinese treated when they arrived to the us?
very very very badly
Were the Chinese Axis?
No. China was invaded by Japan and treated with appalling savagery.
Why were the Victorian builders called the navvies?
Navvie is short for navigator Navvie is short for navigator
Where the Chinese treated badly like the Africans?
no they weren't because they where also white
