RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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brought in thousands of laborers from China
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provided railroad companies land free of charge
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spent tax money researching steam engine technology
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taxed the Confederate States heavily to fund construction
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Detailed explanation-1: -The federal government passed the Pacific Railroad Act that provided land grants to railroads. This provided public lands to railroad companies in exchange for building tracks in specific locations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Receiving millions of acres of public lands from Congress, the railroads were assured land on which to lay the tracks and land to sell, the proceeds of which helped companies finance the construction of their railroads.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aided by federal land grants, there was a great deal of railroad construction after the Civil War, especially in the West. Trackage increased from 35, 000 miles in 1865 to 254, 000 miles in 1916, the eve of America’s entry into World War I.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rail line, also called the Great Transcontinental Railroad and later the “Overland Route, ” was predominantly built by the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California (CPRR) and Union Pacific (with some contribution by the Western Pacific Railroad Company) over public lands provided by extensive US land grants.
Detailed explanation-5: -Railroads Built in the Late 1800s. Between 1870 and 1890, the amount of railroad track in the United States tripled, dramatically changing the U.S. Although trains traveled slowly by today’s standards, they sped along the tracks more quickly than anyone could have imagined a century before.