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devlian [24]
3 years ago
9

How did the federal government encourage railroad companies to construct railroads?

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1 answer:
Gala2k [10]3 years ago
7 0

Federal government gave them land(Railroad land grant) along the tracks. They sold some of the land to build the railroads.


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