The Central Pacific Railroad first hired Chinese to build the railroad because
a. they worked for less pay than white men.
b. many American men were either fighting in the Civil War or had gone to Nevada to mine silver.
c. they were more skilled in using dynamite to blast through the mountains.
d. American men believed that construction work was beneath them.
b
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