1 / 6

The Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway. The Chinese Workers. Building the CPR. When the railway was being built in the 1800s, many Chinese men were hired to do the work. Dangerous Work.

shlomo
Download Presentation

The Canadian Pacific Railway

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Canadian Pacific Railway The Chinese Workers

  2. Building the CPR • When the railway was being built in the 1800s, many Chinese men were hired to do the work.

  3. Dangerous Work • They were given the most dangerous jobs including placing explosives, and were paid significantly less than other workers • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqRWQa0rIso&feature=related

  4. After the Railway • After the railway was built, Chinese Canadians were treated with discrimination. • They were charged a “head tax” of $50 per person which many couldn’t afford

  5. The “Chinese Exclusion Act” was a government law which prevented them from bringing their wives and children to Canada • http://www.mhso.ca/tiesthatbind/ChineseRailWorkers.php

  6. They say that for every mile of the railroad, there is one dead Chinese worker • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laR8RRLBgTI https://www.historica-dominion.ca/content/heritage-minutes/nitro?media_type=41&media_category=36

More Related