it allowed people to spread out to new regions to settle, connected the country, and also caused a lot of conflict with native americans.
it allowed people to spread out to new regions to settle, connected the country, and also caused a lot of conflict with native americans.
There was an increase in population in the American interior
There was an increase in population in the American interior
a railroad that runs across the contient... the transcontinental railroad is a railroad that reaches from North Carolina to California.
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
The transcontinental railroads was financed by the Railway Act of 1863, which financed the construction of the railroad through loans and land grants.
It was fertile land.
the pacific railroad act helped fund the building of the railroad and it gave the railroad company land.
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Americans wanted a transcontinental railroad to aid westward expansion. Settlers were looking for land, and the discovery of gold in California also encourage travel.
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