Question

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

began construction in Sacramento, California

hired thousands of Chinese immigrant laborers

faced the challenge of blasting through the Sierra Nevada mountains

got paid less per mile than the Union Pacific because it built mostly through the plains

Answer 1

"got paid less per mile than the Union Pacific because it built mostly through the plains" — this is false.

Central Pacific built west from Sacramento through the Sierra Nevada (mountainous terrain), hired thousands of Chinese laborers, and therefore received the higher government bond rates for mountain construction; Union Pacific built mostly across the plains and received the lower per-mile subsidy.