Make more land for Native Americans in the west

Attract more Latin Americans to the West

Make land available for cotton plantations in the west

Attract more migrants to the west

They were given jobs to plan the transcontinental railroad, but they were underpaid

They were employed to build the railroad tracks, but they also suffered from discrimination

They used factories to manufacture railroad tracks and ties, and they became economically and politically powerful

They used the transcontinental railroad to travel west to search for gold, but they had to leave their families behind