Question

Each of the following is true of the Union Pacific company except that it .

hired Civil War veterans, Irish immigrants, and ex-convicts to build the railroad

used Chinese immigrants to blast tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains

faced the challenge of building across the waterless, treeless prairie

faced potential attacks by Plains Indians

Answer 1

used Chinese immigrants to blast tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains

That was the Central Pacific’s workforce. The Union Pacific built westward across the plains and largely employed Civil War veterans, Irish immigrants, and ex-convicts, and faced shortages of timber/water and attacks by Plains Indians.