Tycoons
What did the tycoons build?
Railroad
What was his job?
Engineer
What percentage of workers for the Central Pacific were Chinese?
90%
What was one major benifit for the nation after the railraods were built?
Easier to travel
What did they do for the railoroad?
Gave money
What was the record for miles of track laid in one day?
10 Miles
Where did the Chinese live while working on the railorad?
Isolated Camps or tents
What was one way that the railroad helped families?
Travel to other states or cities to see family members
Did they work on the railroad themselves? If not, who worked on it for them?
Workers, Chinese
How many years early did they complete the railroad?
7 years early
What law passed did not allow Chinese immagrants to move to America or become citizens?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What happened to buisnesses that were by railraods?
They made more money and grew
Who had become the most famous and powerful businessman in the world?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What were the names of the two railroad companies that were competing to lay down the most track?
Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad Company
What jobs did the Chinese workers have before they worked on the railroads?
Gold Miners
What increased when people came to work on the railroads?
Immigration