Building through the Sierra Nevada Mountains was very difficult and dangerous. Temperatures were freezing during the winter and in one year alone there were 44 storms.There was the great danger of an avalanche for the men working through 18 feet of snow and camping on the tunnels beneath it. Creating tunnels through the mountains required blasting with nitroglycerin. Advancing at one foot of mountain at a time, a total of 11 tunnels was created.
Answer:I would say b
Explanation:
because they were kept out of the direct line of fire since the men didnt think that they could do as much work such as the women being nurses
i hope this helps i dont know what the cotent you are reading this for
