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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:An_Act_to_aid_in_the_Construction_of_a_Railroad_and_Telegraph_Line_from_the_Missouri_River_to_the_Pacific_Ocean,_and_to_secure_to_the_Government_the_use_of_the_same_for_Postal,_Military,_and_Other_Purposes
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1863
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1864
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1865
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act_of_1868
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gptkbp:approvedBy
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gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad_Company
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gptkbp:citation
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12 Stat. 489
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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July 1, 1862
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pacific Railroad Act
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:provides
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land grants
government bonds
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gptkbp:purpose
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to promote the construction of the transcontinental railroad
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Homestead_Act
gptkb:Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:First_Transcontinental_Railroad
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Surveys
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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