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* 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
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What did Union Pacific and central railroad companies do?
they connected the east and the west with a rail line
What book conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in the west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What two railroad companies made the transcontinental railroad?
The two companies that worked on the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. The Union Pacific started at Omaha and the Central started in CA.
What are two companies that built the transcontinental railroad in central pacific?
Union Pacific (east) & Central Pacific (west).
What book dramatized conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What kind of businesses flourished as the railroad expanded west?
Coal producers, railroad carmanufacturs, and consturction companies florished as the railroads spread across west.
What did Union Pacific and central railroad companies do?
they connected the east and the west with a rail line
How many separate companies were chartered by congress to build railroad in the west?
central and union pacific
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.
What book conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in the west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What two railroad companies made the transcontinental railroad?
The two companies that worked on the transcontinental railroad were the Union Pacific and Central Pacific. The Union Pacific started at Omaha and the Central started in CA.
The federal government encouraged the railroad companies to lay tracks in the west by?
providing land grants and subsidies to the railroad companies. This incentivized them to expand their networks into the western regions of the United States, connecting the east coast with the west coast and facilitating economic growth and development.
What book dramatize conflict over land between railroad companies and farmers in the west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What book dramatized conflicts over land between railroad companies and farmers in west?
The Octopus by Frank Norris
What are two companies that built the transcontinental railroad in central pacific?
Union Pacific (east) & Central Pacific (west).
The railroad linking east and west?
the railroad linking east to west is the transcontinental railroad
Who are the main characters in the story The Great Railroad Race?
The main characters in the story "The Great Railroad Race" are the two competing railroad companies: the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad. Their efforts to build a transcontinental railroad across the United States in the 1860s are central to the narrative.
