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Advertisements were distributed and put up at post offices for white workers to apply for the job.
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President Lincoln gives permission for the railroad to be constructed.
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Charles Crocker was instructed to hire Chinese laborers because the white men went on strike.
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The Chinese workers were being recruited but because of their size, they had to begin by filling dump carts.
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5,000 Confederate prisoners were asked to be laborers but the war had ended so they hired the Chinese.
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The company brought in nitroglycerin and the Chinese were the only ones allowed to use it.
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This was the worst winter in history, many were killed because of the snow drifts. The Chinese were able to carve a working city under the snow.
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A group of Chinese workers were buried underneath a snow drift, some were able to be saved but most froze to death.
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Chinese workers felt that they deserved more money. It only lasted a week and they were awarded a raise.
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This allowed America and China to come into each others country for useful purposes.
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About a mile away from each other, they raced to see who could finish first.
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Two railroads finally laid the last track at Promontory Point, Utah.
