THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION FACTORY SYSTEM AND MARKET REVOLUTION
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give railroad workers a place to live.
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encourage rapid construction of the tracks
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allow the companies to build stations along the way.
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encourage the growth of towns along the tracks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -To encourage rapid construction, the government offered each company land along its right-of-way. (About 1-5 miles on either side of the tracks) The railroads sold the land on either side of the tracks to settlers to pay for the cost of building the railroad.
Detailed explanation-2: -Authorizing the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railroad companies to construct the lines, the legislation provided government bonds to help fund the work, in addition to vast land grants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 into law on July 1. It authorized creation of two companies, the Central Pacific in the west and the Union Pacific in the mid-west, to build the railroad.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the same time that homesteaders were getting free land from the government, large tracts of land were granted to railroads by both the states and the federal government. The goal was to encourage the railroads to build their tracks where few people lived, and to help settle the country.