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no there was no govement in the 1800s it was not fair cause they had slaves back then

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In 1800's how did railroad companies raise money they needed?

In the 1800's, railroad companies raised the money they needed by selling government land grants.


How do you get patta for grama natham land?

Gramma Natham Land is government assistance essentially. You can get this if you qualify for their programs that they offer.


What reason did average Americans of the late 1800s have to approve of the railroad companies and what reason did they have to disapprove of them?

Approved because it brang in more jobs, civilization, and Americans could get their things easier and faster. Cons were going through their land.


Why were plains farmers pushing for the regulation of the railroad in the late 1800s?

Because the government forced them to leave and to sell their property to the railroad company. This displaced them, and they had to find somewhere else to farm and live. The land that they were on was what they lived off of: they had nothing else, unlike today.


Why did the eastern end of the Pacific Railroad start in Nebraska if trains could travel from the east coast to the west coast?

When the first transcontinental railroad was authorized in the early 1860s (during the civil war), the eastern terminus was fixed at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska, a point served by several railroads at the time. Fixing the eastern terminus further east would have placed the new railroad in competition with existing lines and lengthened the length of the route to be built. Also, the transcontinental railroad was partly funded by land grants authorized by the federal government in the territories the railroad crossed; offering such land grants east of Nebraska would have been more costly and problematic.

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How did the government actively help railrode companies?

The government gave railroad companies huge pieces of land.


How did the government actively help railroad?

The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.


How did the government actively help railroads companies?

The government gave railroad companies large pieces of land.


How did the federal government aid in the building of the transcotinental railroad?

By providing free grants of federal land to the railroad companies. :)


In 1800's how did railroad companies raise money they needed?

In the 1800's, railroad companies raised the money they needed by selling government land grants.


How did government help the railroad companies?

By giving them huge pieces of land.


True or false private railroad companies built the transcontinental rail lines without the assistance of the federal government?

False. Congress supported the construction of the transcontinental railroad with U.S. government bonds and land grants of government-owned land.


How did railroad companies raise most of the money they needed to build their railroads?

Selling government land grants


What role did the railroad companies play in attracting Europeans to the West?

* 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


How did the government promote railroad companies to develop in the West?

the government granted private corporations nearly 200 million acres of land to lay the tracks.


How did the government factilitate the expansion of the railroads?

One thing the government did to facilitate the expansion of the railroads was by giving land grants to railroad companies. The government also provided loans.


In the second half of the 1800s what did the federal government encourage in the building of transcontinental railroads?

Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.