Transcontinental Railroad & Gold Rush
Across
- 3. Many Chinese immigrants were this; unlike many immigrants from other countries
- 5. One reason why some Chinese miners left China and came to California
- 6. A phrase given to Chinese railroad workers by historian Gordon Chang
- 8. Where gold was first discovered in 1848
- 9. The railroad was built from Sacramento to here to unite with the Union Pacific Railroad
- 13. During the late 1880, Chinese people were denied the right to become ________
- 15. A law passed in 1882 that didn't allow Chinese immigrants to enter the US
- 17. Americans who moved from the east to California in search of gold
- 18. What many Chinese immigrants faced in California from Americans who didn't like them
Down
- 1. Where many Chinese immigrants found refuge
- 2. The section of the transcontinental railroad going from California to Utah
- 4. What California's government placed on immigrants that American miners didn't have
- 7. In 1867, the entire Chinese workforce stopped working and demanded this
- 9. Descendants of Chinese railroad workers' feelings about their ancestors' work
- 10. The percentage of workers of the Central Pacific Railroad that were Chinese
- 11. One reason why some Chinese miners left China and came to California
- 12. The Chinese Exclusion Act was _______ in 1943
- 14. The amount Chinese workers were paid compared to white workers
- 16. What some people in China called the United States