As the need to travel across the country soon grew, there was an idea to build a Transcontinental Railroad. The Western Pacific, the Central Pacific, and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies all agreed to build separate railroads across America, and then connect them to form the Transcontinental Railroad. When these companies began building, they looked to hire cheap labor in the form of immigrants. Many Asian Americans helped with this project, but despite all their hard work to better America’s transportation system, they were still violently discriminated against.