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1.1Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, Agriculture Cultivation
1.1.1Gold Rush, 1849¬ In 1849, a small amount of Chinese began to arrive in California as the frontiers for placer mining. Due to the suffering situation both in economical and political environment in Southeast of China around 1850, a gradually increasing number Chinese poured into California and then other parts of America. In 1970s, the number of Chinese miners raised to 17,069, a quarter of all laborers in the West of America (Zhu 45). Chinese miners were regarded as experienced workers. Water management technique such as ditching, damming, pumping, which were used practiced to rice paddy agriculture in Canton, China, was brought to U.S. for goldfields (Davis 138). Water management is very important to assist in sorting of gold. Agricultural techniques in ancient China introduced by immigrants were transferred to mining (Zhu 53). The efficient and cheap Chinese miners soon grew as the dominant group of placer mining in California (Zhu 57).…show more content… Chinese labors, who stayed in the US after the Gold Rush were responsible for the west part of work. With the excellent performance of them, even more and more Chinese were delivered directly from South of China, mainly from Canton province. The construction last for four years and the building of the railroad contributed to the development of US’s economy by connecting the west to the east of the country and reform the geographical and social territory of the United
