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No land was purchased, but the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was passed for the purpose of building the transcontinental railroad. Specifically, it defined the borders for the territory of Nebraska to be broken up into two, Kansas and Nebraska. Kansas would become a state and the railroad would be built through it. The conflict between then-slaveholding South and free-soil North would cause the conflict known as Bloody Kansas, in which a state of near civil war and anarchy ensued. Bloody Kansas occurred because both regions (South, North) wanted a state in their control to send Senators to Congress and lean the balance of power in their favor (at the time, there were an even number of Senators from both regions).
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What was the piece of land the US purchased to build a railroad?
The Gadsden Purchase
The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 granted land to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroad. What was the effect of the railroads selling this land?
There was an increase in population in the American interior
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.
Why did the US pay a large price for the Gadsden purchase?
To gain land for a Southern transcontinental railroad
What purchase was made to open a southern route for the transcontinental railroad?
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 purchased land that Mexico had retained under the Mexican Cession. The land south of the Gila River allowed a southern route to Texas, avoiding mountainous terrain.
