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The Southern states wanted the route to go via New Mexico, but the Northern states wanted it to go via Chicago.
To get the South to agree the Chicago route, Congress promised the possibility of more slave-states, by allowing new states to vote on whether to be slave or free.
The first time this happened was in Kansas, when every bully-boy from both sides of the argument descended on this thinly-populated state, to intimidate voters and cause disorder. There was much bloodshed, and this unhappy period was known as 'Bleeding Kansas'.
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As a result of the construction of the transcontinental railroad settlement of the west increase true or false?
True---->NOVANET ANSWER
What was the transcontinental railroad act?
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.
Construction on the first transcontinental railroad began in?
1866.
Why did the government support the construction of the Transcontinental railroad?
Troop movement
How was the transcontinental railroad financed?
The transcontinental railroads was financed by the Railway Act of 1863, which financed the construction of the railroad through loans and land grants.
The first transcontinental railroad in the united states was completed in?
The construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad started in 1863 and was finished in 1869. When it was first completed, it was known as the Pacific Railroad.
Which act provide for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Pacific Railway Act.
What was the law that provided financial guarantees that assured the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.
Which groups provided most of the labor for the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
The Irish & the Chinese.
What was a result of the Transcontinental Railroad being built?
Travel was easier?
What was one of the biggest disagreements over the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Whether the railroad would start in the North or South.
What happened in the Credit Mobilier scandal?
Illegal manipulations were made in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
