land grants and loans
Transportation land grants and loans
the Pacific Railway Acts
local charities
Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.
railroads protested that only the federal government, not states, could regulate railroads
The Interstate Commerce Act.
a. it used prison labor and lobbied the federal government
Federal government and state government
The railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission was formed by the federal government to regulate railroad, telephone, and telegraph companies.
It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
temporary assistance