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West and East were brought together, goods went to market more cheaply, federal shipping costs were cut even more, jobs were opened up as a result of both railroad construction and new settlements which had arisen.
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What was the incentive for settling in the west?
The award of large land grants to the railroads
The federal government provided assistance to the railroads in the form of and?
land grants and loans
Where land grants given at the pan American conf 1928?
Where land grants given at the pan american conference of 1928
The federal government provided assistance to the railroads in the form of?
Transportation land grants and loans
Why did farmers demand regulation of the railroads?
The farmers demanded regulation of the railroads because the railroads were abusing government land grants and taking away land from the farmers. High rates were also being changed for transportation.
How did the railroads raise most of the money they needed to build their railroad?
Selling government land grants
How did the location of federal land grants to railroads influence the growth of the west?
By growing cash crops west
How did railroad companies raise most of the money they needed to build their railroads?
Selling government land grants
Why did the federal government provide land grants to companies to build railroads west?
It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
To help extand railroads accross the nation the government gave what to the people?
The government gave land grants to people to help extend railroads across the country.
How did the government help the railroads connect the west coast with the rest of the countrty?
They gave them lots of land to build the tracks on. Another answer: railroads were given checker-board parcels of land on which to build their road beds, and afterward the railroads could sell the land for profit to settlers.
The development of Spanish colonies in the New World was organized through what?
Land Grants given to property holders in Spain
