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The Making Of The Transcontinental Railroad
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Now Hiring
Advertisements were distributed and put up at post offices for white workers to apply for the job. -
Contracted
President Lincoln gives permission for the railroad to be constructed. -
Recruitment
Charles Crocker was instructed to hire Chinese laborers because the white men went on strike. -
Recruitment
The Chinese workers were being recruited but because of their size, they had to begin by filling dump carts. -
Confederate Workers
5,000 Confederate prisoners were asked to be laborers but the war had ended so they hired the Chinese. -
Nitroglycerin
The company brought in nitroglycerin and the Chinese were the only ones allowed to use it. -
Homeric Winter
This was the worst winter in history, many were killed because of the snow drifts. The Chinese were able to carve a working city under the snow. -
Snow Slide
A group of Chinese workers were buried underneath a snow drift, some were able to be saved but most froze to death. -
Strike
Chinese workers felt that they deserved more money. It only lasted a week and they were awarded a raise. -
Burlingame Treaty
This allowed America and China to come into each others country for useful purposes. -
Race To The Finish
About a mile away from each other, they raced to see who could finish first. -
Finished At Last
Two railroads finally laid the last track at Promontory Point, Utah.
