The Pacific Railway Act<span> was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1,</span>1862<span>. This </span>act<span> provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental </span>railroad<span>, which was completed on May 10, 1869.</span>
<span>The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) gave the EPA the authority to control the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. The 1984 federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment to this act required phasing out land disposal of hazardous waste.</span>
Lincoln freed slavery with the emancipation proclamation
Kingâs death further encouraged Black Power movement support and riots
