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Central Pacific hired thousands of people from which group to build a rail line east from Sacramento?

O Russians
O Poles
O Chinese
O Italians

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Chinese

Step-by-step explanation:

To meet its manpower needs, the Central Pacific hired thousands of Chinese labourers, including many recruited from farms in Canton. The crew had the formidable task of laying the track that crossed the rugged Sierra Nevada mountain range, blasting nine tunnels to accomplish this.

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