7.2A: The Transcontinental Railroad

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Which immigrant group provided labor to build the transcontinental railroad from the east making way to the west coast?

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Irish

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Which immigrant group provided labor to build the transcontinental railroad from the west coast moving to the east?

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Chinese

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All of the following are effects of the Transcontinental Railroad EXCEPT: completion of Manifest Destiny, the connection of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, improvements in working conditions for Chinese workers, the ability to efficiently transport people and goods across the nation.

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improvements in working conditions for Chinese workers

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What specific evidence supports the following statement: "The construction of the transcontinental railroad was disastrous to Plains Indians."

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the transcontinental railroad decimated the herds of buffalo that the Indians were dependent on

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What took place at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869?

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completion of Transcontinental Railroad

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Which immigrant group faced the GREATEST discrimination resulting in an exclusion act being passed in 1882?

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Chinese

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The Chinese Exclusion Act

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prohibited Chinese immigration into the U.S.

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Which of these would represent a "locality" that would MOST LIKELY have wanted this law created and passed? Chicago, Atlanta, New York, San Francisco

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San Francisco

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This Gilded Age political cartoon expresses the viewpoints of many people following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882