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In the 1870's how much land did railroad companies own in California?
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if you said 35 million acres of land well YOUR WRONG!:D its one eighth
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How did the government actively help railrode companies?
The government gave railroad companies huge pieces of land.
How did the government actively help railroad?
The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.
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
Why were federal and state governments willing to give land and subsidies to the railroad companies?
the federal and state governmernt willing to give land and subsidies to the railroad companies because they had more power
What role did the railroad companies play in attracting Europeans to the West?
* From 1850-1870 the US government gave millions of acres of public land to railroad companies to encourage them to build more rail. * To make more money the railroad companies resold much of that land to settlers. * They sent land agents to Europe to advertise the idea of settling on the Great Plains, and to buy the land from the Railroad companies. Their pamphlets proclaimed "Land for the Landless, Homes for the Homeless!" * Land sales made the railroad companies rich and supplied new customers for railroad services
What was Federally owned acreage granted to the railroad companies?
Land grants
Which book dramatized conflicts over land between railroad companies?
"Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey dramatizes conflicts over land between ranchers and railroad companies in the American West.
How did the federal government aid in the building of the transcotinental railroad?
By providing free grants of federal land to the railroad companies. :)
In 1800's how did railroad companies raise money they needed?
In the 1800's, railroad companies raised the money they needed by selling government land grants.
How did the government actively help railroads companies?
The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.
Another source of land for settlers in addition to the free land offered by the hoestead act were the?
railroad companies
