- CHINESE-AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
Chinese labor was suggested, as they had already helped build the California Central Railroad, the railroad from Sacramento to Marysville and the San Jose Railway Originally thought to be too small to complete such a momentous task, Charles Crocker of Central Pacific pointed out,
- First Transcontinental Railroad - Wikipedia
The First Transcontinental Railroad (also called the Great Transcontinental Railroad, known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,912-mile (3,077 km) continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U S rail network at Omaha, Nebraska Council Bluffs, Iowa with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on
- History of Chinese Americans - Wikipedia
The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States relates to the three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States with the first beginning in the 19th century Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked as laborers, particularly on the transcontinental railroad, such as the Central Pacific Railroad
- Labor - cinarc. org
This page focuses on the ways that ordinary Chinese earned a living in the Northwest In the United States, though not in Canada, the distinction between "laborer" and "merchant" was of great importance in terms of immigration law
- Premier chemin de fer transcontinental — Wikipédia
Le premier chemin de fer transcontinental a été construit aux États-Unis entre Sacramento et Omaha (), entre 1863 et 1869 La construction s'est officiellement terminée le 10 mai 1869 par la jonction des deux compagnies à Promontory Summit () Les 3 000 km de voies ferrées permettent de relier le réseau ferré de l'est du pays à la côte Pacifique
- Chris Soentpiet illustrator author of childrens books
"Chris Soentpiet's Coolies is illustrated with authenticity and drama, and gives the Chinese people who participated in the building of the transcontinental railroad dignity and respect - both for their hard work and their dedication to family
- 19th Century America - Teacher Oz
19th Century America Updated July 30, 2006 JUMP TO Primary Documents - Timelines - Maps, 1800 - 1850: From Jefferson to the coming of the Civil War, Manifest Destiny the Wild West, Industrial Revolution, Women's Rights, Inventions Railroad History, The Gilded Age, Spanish-American War Imperialism, The Progressive Era - Populism, Various Misc Topics
- Chinese Americans - History, Modern era, History of . . .
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS Economic development and racial exclusion defined the patterns of Chinese American settlement Before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the patterns of Chinese settlement followed the patterns of economic development of the western states
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