This survey aims to explore the extent to which attitudes towards Chinese immigrants during the construction of the transcontinental railway differed from those towards Irish immigrants ? To assess attitudes toward Chinese immigrants, this study focuses on the construction of the transcontinental railroad in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. This study examines the opinions, tasks given during the construction of the railway and the benefits given to Chinese and Irish immigrants as well as the impact of their work on opinions towards each immigrant group. To investigate attitudes towards Chinese and Irish immigrants, this study focuses on economic accounts from the second half of the 19th century. This investigation also uses sources detailing differences in benefits and positions during the construction of the transcontinental railroad and the extent to which Irish immigrants and Chinese immigrants differed in the opportunities available to them.B. Summary of Evidence The Transcontinental Railroad was an 1,800-mile railroad connecting Omaha, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. This railroad was built in varying environmental conditions, including grassy plains, desserts, and mountains like the Sierra. The railway revolutionized transportation in the 19th century (Galloway 4). The first transcontinental railroad was built in the 1860s to connect the east and west coasts of the United States. In the book The Railroads, statistical data describes that “in 1830, 23 miles of railroads were in operation in the United States; by 1890 this figure had increased to 166,703 miles, as towns and villages were connected across the country...... middle of paper ......f Farm animals as commodities , in the Western and Southwestern States and Territories, and in Virginia, and of the Best Routes and Cost of Reaching the Districts Described, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1876. Print.Moody, John. The railway builders: a chronicle of the welding of the States. New Haven, CT: Yale UP;, 1921. Print. Parker, Nathan Howe. Parker's illustrated book on the Great West, an account of statistics and facts, with practical suggestions for immigrants regarding the profitable investment of labor and capital in industrial activities in the Great West. New York: American News, 1869. Print.Reinhardt, Richard. Work on the railway; Reminiscences of the Steam era. Palo Alto, CA: American West Pub., 1970. Print. Taylor, George Rogers and Irene D. Neu. The American railroad system, 1861-1890. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1956. Print.