Transcontinental Railroad & Gold Rush

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