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Which groups provided most of the labor for the construction of the transcontinental railroad? plz ANWSER QUICK PLZ

Factory workers and homesteaders

Native Americans and Texans

Freemasons and Union veterans

Immigrants and African Americans
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Answer:

Immigrants and African Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

These groups were the cheapest workforce.

Chinese people were the most part of the labor force, according to historians, around 20,000 Chinese people worked in the railroads.

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Answer:

Immigrants and African Americans

Step-by-step explanation:

Majority of the people in the U.S. at this time were immigrants from other countries, many of which owned slaves.

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