Read the following excerpt from Executive Order 9981 issued by President Harry S. Truman in 1948. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. The order is addressing the fact that up until this time, African Americans in the US military -had equal access to jobs and pay. -were segregated based on race. -were represented equally in leadership. -had access to better training programs.

With the california gold rush and the opening of the west came an increased interest in building a transcontinental railroad the first chinese were hired in 1865 at approximately $28 per month to do the very dangerous work of blasting and laying ties over the treacherous terrain of the high sierras in the beginning was slow and conquer the many embankments, the chinese workers used techniques they had learned in china to complete similar tasks. they were lowered by ropes from the top of cliffs in baskets, and while suspended, they chipped away at the granite and planted explosives that were used to blast tunnels1.* 11b this passage reflects workingefforts and conditions of which corporation? a. the transcontinentalrailway line b. the union pacific company c. the central pacific company d. the norfolkwestern company