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The Pacific Railway Act of 1862. With the southern states absent, no discussions were required as to why New Orleans would not be the hub of the transcontinental railway. The problem was that the Pacific Railroad could not afford to build the railway. To make the railway possible the US government and the Lincoln administration subsidized the railroad company with public land grants.
On May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated Western Territory settlement by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of public land for 5 years. The same year, the Pacific Railway Act allowed the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad to build a railroad and telegraph line between Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California.
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The Pacific Railway Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
To teach them military skills
To teach them military skills
Pacific Railway Act.
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The pacific railway act was signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln on July 1,1862.
The Morrill Act was associated with the establishment to land grant colleges.
it launched a natonal effort to connect the east and west by rail
The Pacific Railway Act. It was NOT the Homestead act.
1862 congress passed the pacific railway act
The purpose of the Morrill Tariff was to not only protect Northern manufacturers from cheap forgein competitors, but also to fund mass public works projects in the North futher enriching the North.
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