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max2010maxim [7]
3 years ago
12

How did the federal government use land grants in the West in the 1860s?

History
2 answers:
Katena32 [7]3 years ago
7 0

Federal government used land grants to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroads and government also used those land grants to relocate American Indians on the reservations.

Further Explanation:

The main motive of the federal government was to use its land grants in the west as a tool to develop those areas and along with that was to provide relief to the people who were living in overcrowded areas of the urban centers. During the period of mid 1800s, very few parts of western America were developed. Then the federal government gave that lands to the American Indians for free and there only want from the people was that government wanted them to stay there and do farming and this idea also forced Native American tribes off their land. This process lead government to achieve its goal as it helped western America to grow.  

The other thing that Federal government of that time did was to use land grants to the railroads in order to develop transcontinental railroads and without the assistance of the government, the railroad construction between years 1860-1900 would have been impossible. Private banks of that time were not willing to give loans to the manufacturing company to build railroad as they feared that loan settlement would take years and to tackle this situation, Government provided “Land grants” in millions of acres to the railroad companies so that they can sell that land to make money and because of that, Four out of five transcontinental railroads were made by this process with the help of federal government.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Growth in 1860’s

Chapter: Land Grants

Keywords- Land Grants, Rail roads, Urban centers, Overcrowded, transcontinental, Federal government, 1860, 1900, Railroads, Private Banks.

FinnZ [79.3K]3 years ago
3 0

Correct answer choice is :


<h2>A) The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad.</h2><h2 /><h3>Explanation:</h3><h3 />

To encourage the development of the railroad, the federal government passed the Pacific Railroad Act that granted land grants to railroads. The government gave public lands to railroad corporations in trade for building tracks in particular locations. Much of the growth can be associated with the building of the cross-country railroads. In 1862, Congress legislated the Pacific Railway Act, which approved the construction of a transcontinental railroad. The first such railroad was built on May 10, 1869.

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