Question

The Central Pacific Railroad became noted for using these people as laborers in building the Transcontinental Railroad:

• A. Chinese immigrants
• B. Convicts
• C. African-Americans
• D. Japanese immigrants
• E. Irish immigrants

Answer 1

The correct option is A Chinese immigrants

Chinese immigrants first flocked to the United States in the 1850s, eager to escape the economic chaos in China and to try their luck at the California gold rush. When the Gold Rush ended, Chinese Americans were considered cheap labor. In the 1860s, it was the Chinese Americans who built the Transcontinental Railroad.

The correct answer is A.