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What were the workers of Canadian pacific railway?
Japanese wrong and theres a thing called Google but anyways it was the CHINESE who were the workers also white men and just a bit more info the Chinese got payed a $1 a day as where the white men got payed a $1.50 - $4.50 a day and it is estimated about 600-700 workers died in the construction of the CPR
Why was there anti-asian sentiment on the west coast?
Particularly in the West, native-born workers feared that jobs would go to Chinese immigrants, who would accept lower wages. The depression of 1873 intensified anti-Chinese sentiment in California.
What Historical interpretations is supported by this source?
Europeans looked down on the Chinese workers.
Where did transcontinental railroad workers live?
Workers building the Transcontinental Railroad in places far from towns and cities lived in camps when they were not working. On average, these laborers (typically Irish and Chinese immigrants) worked 12 hours per day, 6 days per week. In the camps, workers ate, drank, gathered around the campfire, gambled, and smoked opium. It was a difficult life and a dangerous one. Winters were harsh, and a particularly bad snow storm could lead to the deaths of an entire camp full of laborers -- only to be found when the snow melted in the spring.
What were many railroad workers homeland?
At the time we were building the Transcontinental Railroad, most of the workmen were Chinese on the team coming from Sacramento heading east. The team building westbound were mostly Irish, Italian and African Americans, but primarily Irish.
