HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Santa Barbara City College, Promontory Point, Utah
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The construction of america"s transcontinental railroad was another manner in which the. Chinese changed america by introducing ancient knowledge: wealthy, wealthy americans have long dreamt of linking the united states " east and west coasts. In 1862 congress approved funding for the building of a transcontinental railroad, with the help of president abraham lincoln: to do the job two railway companies were employed. In omaha, nebraska, the union pacific railroad will continue and lay trains to the west: the central pacific railroad will continue and build to the east in sacramento, California: the intention was to finally cross the two sets of tracks at promontory point, In 1865 charles crocker proposed recruiting chinese workers from the central. Pacific: strobridge refused, he said most of them were under 5 feet (1. 5 m) tall and barely weighed. "i am not going to be bossing chinese," he said. "i"m not going to be responsible for the jobs chinese workers do.
