__________ immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American west.

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The question asks which group of immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American west.
Option 1: Chinese. This is the historically supported answer. Chinese laborers were recruited in large numbers to work on the Central Pacific Railroad, part of the First Transcontinental Railroad, and their hard labor, pace, and technical skill were crucial to completing many grueling sections of track through the Sierra Nevada.
Option 2: Italian. While Italian immigrants contributed to various American industries, they were not the primary group associated with railroad construction in the American West, especially in the pivotal Central Pacific projects. This makes the Italian option less accurate in this historical context.
Option 3: Native American. Native Americans did not systematically work on constructing the transcontinental railroad; in many cases they faced displacement or were affected by the rail line rather than employed as the main labor force. Thus, this choice misrepresents the primary labor source for the railroad projects.
Option 4: Californian. ‘Californian’ is a broad regional descriptor rather than a distinct immigrant group. It does not denote a specific immigrant community that led railroad construction, and so it fails to identify the actual labor force responsible for building the rails.
In summary, the key historical point is that Chinese laborers played a central, instrumental role in constructing western railroads, particularly the Central Pacific segment, whereas the other options do not align with the well-documented source of the workforce for this monumental project.

__________ immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American west.

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