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aivan3 [116]
3 years ago
7

What role did the federal government play in opening the West to settlement and economic exploitation?

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Viktor [21]3 years ago
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The transcontinental railroad became the gateway to the West. In 1862 the Republican-led Congress appropriated vast areas of land that railroad companies could use to lay their tracks or sell to raise funds for construction.

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