Identify which 3 groups of immigrants were responsible for building the railroads?...?

Question

....then disscuss what dangers they encountered while building it.

(thanks! quickest answer 10FREE pts.)

Answer 1

1. The Irish (my ancestors)

2. free blacks

3. Chinese

Answer 2

Well, if Blazing Saddles is any indicator, the main groups of immigrants came from China, Ireland, and countries of Africa.

Dangers. I would say that exposure to the elements was a big danger. In the summer, heat would be dangerous, and in the winter, the cold would be dangerous. I would not be suprised to find that lightning was a big killer. I know that a lot of cowboys on cattle drives were killed by lightning.

Disease was also something to worry about. Medical knowledge back then was not so great on preventing a lot of diseases from happening. If something broke out in a worker camp then those guys had problems.

Being worked to death could have been a problem too. Bosses back then viewed certain types of employees as disposable. In the forests of East Texas, men were worked over 12 hours a day, however, mules were only worked 8 hours. The bosses feared working a mule to death because they were expensive to replace. Working a man to death was not expensive, in fact it was a money saver.

That is the best my feeble brain can come up with.

Answer 3

Chinese, Irish, and Afro-American. The dangers of building a railroad, espeaically a transcontinental one are many. You have diesease, accidents (cave-in, explosions, etc.) run ins with the native Indian population, and fatique.