Question

Asians are believed to have migrated to North America prior to European settlement by way of a transcontinental railroad.

Choose:
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

false

Step-by-step explanation:

The earliest evidence of Asian migration to North America dates back thousands of years, with indigenous peoples crossing the Bering Strait land bridge. The transcontinental railroad was built in the 19th century, long after these initial migrations occurred.

Answer 2

The claim that Asians migrated to North America via a transcontinental railroad is false as they migrated thousands of years earlier across a land bridge called Beringia.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that Asians are believed to have migrated to North America prior to European settlement by way of a transcontinental railroad is False. In truth, the migration occurred thousands of years before the railroad was built. Most Native American origin stories discuss that Native nations have always been in the Americas, and supporting evidence suggests migration occurred across a land bridge called Beringia about nine to fifteen thousand years ago. This pre-dates European settlement and the construction of the transcontinental railroad by millennia.

The settlement of the Americas continued over the years with various theories suggesting different migration routes, including a coastal migration theory suggesting travel by boat down the Pacific coast. The first Asian immigrants referenced in the relevant material pertain to Chinese men coming to work in the American West, which includes working on the Transcontinental Railroad during the mid-nineteenth century, long after the initial settlement of the Americas.