chinese immigrants questions
Why did Chinese immigrants come to California?
*the Chinese immigrants came to California because in Chinese were difficult to live.
How do you think the Chinese heard about the discovery of gold?
*I think the Chinese heard about the discovery of gold were not easy.
Chinese workers on the railroad were fed a Chinese diet including dried oysters, dried fish, sweet rice, crackers, dried bamboo, salted cabbage, Chinese sugar, dried fruits and vegetables, dried seaweed, Chinese bacon, dried mushrooms, peanut oil, tea, rice, pork, and chicken. This was a much healthier diet than the beef, beans, bread, butter and potatoes of white workers at the time. The Chinese also drank barrels of hot tea. White workers, instead, would drink cold water. Too often this water was contaminated and caused illness among the workers.
*Literal Question: what kind of food do the Chinese use to eat.
*Figurative Question: why do they have to work on the railroad.