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Why did the federal government provide land grants to companies to build railroads west?
It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.
Congress encouraged growth and economic development in the West with federal loans and land grants to develop the industry in the West?
mining
What road was funded by the federal government that connected the east with the West?
National Road
Why did federal government sell land in the northwest territory?
to raise money and extend society west ward
Who shares power according to the principle to federalism?
A government based on "federalism," or the sharing of power between the national, and state (and local) governments.
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