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Who built the Transcontinental Railroad (RR)?

Who built the Transcontinental Railroad (RR)?. Vocabulary. Dignitaries Freight Massive Famine On strike Posse Citizenship. Cargo on a train A type of fish Workers refuse to work until their demands are met a body of men, typically armed, summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law

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Who built the Transcontinental Railroad (RR)?

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  1. Who built the Transcontinental Railroad (RR)?

  2. Vocabulary • Dignitaries • Freight • Massive • Famine • On strike • Posse • Citizenship Cargo on a train A type of fish Workers refuse to work until their demands are met a body of men, typically armed, summoned by a sheriff to enforce the law the status of a citizen with rights and duties a person considered to be important because of high rank or office extreme scarcity of food Very large

  3. Questions • The RR was built from _____ to _____. • How many workers were needed to begin construction? • Why did Mr. Crocker choose Chinese workers? • Why did Chinese go to America? • Chinese men aged ___ to ___ worked on the RR. • What were their wages? • What was their work schedule? • Could they become US citizens? • T/F: No one died building the line.

  4. For Discussion • Do you think it’s fair that the Chinese workers were paid less than the white workers? • Should the Chinese workers have been given US citizenship? • Why do you think the Chinese workers were such good workers?

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