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How did the government actively help railroads companies?
The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.
In the second half of the 1800s what did the federal government encourage in the building of transcontinental railroads?
Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.
How did the government actively help railrode companies?
The government gave railroad companies huge pieces of land.
What railroad comany built the transcontinental railroad?
central pacific and union pacific railroad companies
Two railroads that built the trancontinental railroad?
The two railroad companies the built the trancontintal railroad were the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Companies.
How did the railroad companies get land and money to build the railroads?
what is a fault
how did railroad companies get land and money to build railroads?
what is a fault
How did the government actively help railroads companies?
The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.
The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 granted land to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroad. What was the effect of the railroads selling this land?
There was an increase in population in the American interior
The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 granted land to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroad What was the effect of the railroads selling this land?
There was an increase in population in the American interior
How did congress help expand railroads after the Civil War?
provided railroad companies land free of charge.
How did railroad companies raise most of the money they needed to build their railroads?
Selling government land grants
How did the government factilitate the expansion of the railroads?
One thing the government did to facilitate the expansion of the railroads was by giving land grants to railroad companies. The government also provided loans.
In the second half of the 1800s what did the federal government encourage in the building of transcontinental railroads?
Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.
What two railroads companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
How did railroads companies get land and money to build the railroads?
what is a fault
What was the prairie farmers main complaint against railroad companies?
Their railroads.
