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What group of immigrants arrived in large numbers on the u.s. west coast for the primary purpose of working on the transcontinental railroad? question 1 options: japanese mexican chinese irish?

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Chinese.

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It was during the time of the 19th century, a very large number of the Chinese people arrived en masse as immigrants on the West Coast of the United States for the primary purpose of gaining employment to work on the Transcontinental Railroad.
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