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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:29th_United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:amended_by
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gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1864
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gptkbp:associated_with
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land grants
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gptkbp:benefits
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gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:contributed_to
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settlement of the Great Plains
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gptkbp:created
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railroad companies
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gptkbp:effective_date
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July 1, 1862
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gptkbp:enacted_by
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gptkb:legislation
gptkb:President_Lincoln
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gptkbp:encouraged
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immigration to the West
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gptkbp:examines
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gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:historical_debate
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gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first federal legislation to support railroad construction
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Pacific Railroad Act
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gptkbp:impact
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facilitated westward expansion
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gptkbp:influenced
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future transportation policies
railroad expansion policies
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gptkbp:inspired
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subsequent railroad acts
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gptkbp:is_analyzed_in
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scholarly research
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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historical commemorations
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gptkbp:is_challenged_by
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state governments
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for
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gptkb:historical_event
exploitation of workers
land disputes
Native American displacement
labor issues
mismanagement
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gptkbp:is_documented_in
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gptkb:archaeological_site
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gptkbp:is_implemented_in
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railroad companies
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gptkbp:is_influential_in
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shaping modern America
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gptkbp:is_involved_in
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federal funding
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gptkbp:is_opposed_by
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some politicians
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gptkbp:is_part_of
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gptkb:U._S._economic_policy
Manifest Destiny ideology
American Civil War era legislation
post-Civil War reconstruction efforts
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gptkbp:is_promoted_by
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railroad lobbyists
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gptkbp:is_referenced_in
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gptkb:military_conflict
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gptkbp:is_supported_by
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gptkb:public_opinion
gptkb:High_School
telegraph lines
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gptkbp:led_to
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increased federal involvement in transportation
improved transportation networks
economic growth in the West
construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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gptkbp:purpose
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to promote the construction of a transcontinental railroad
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gptkbp:recorded_by
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land and bonds
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gptkbp:resulted_in
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increased trade
transcontinental railroad completion
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gptkbp:signed_by
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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