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vaieri [72.5K]
2 years ago
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What contributed to the decision by US leaders to pass the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?

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1 answer:
Lelu [443]2 years ago
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Your answer should be ‘the rapid settlement of the American West’, since according to senate.gov, it reads ‘ | The rapid settlement of the western territories | in the 1850s convinced most members of Congress of the need for efficient rail transport to the Pacific coast,’.
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