Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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| gptkbp:amended_by |
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1864
subsequent legislation |
| gptkbp:benefits |
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad |
| gptkbp:created |
a network of railroads across the United States
|
| gptkbp:date_enacted |
July 1, 1862
|
| gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:encouraged |
private investment in railroads
|
| gptkbp:established |
land grants for railroad companies
|
| gptkbp:given_for |
land and bonds
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pacific Railway Act
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
future transportation legislation
|
| gptkbp:involved |
federal government support
|
| gptkbp:is_aimed_at |
reducing travel time across the country
improving transportation infrastructure connecting the East and West coasts |
| gptkbp:is_associated_with |
gptkb:the_Gilded_Age
|
| gptkbp:is_considered |
a landmark in American history
|
| gptkbp:is_criticized_for |
favoring certain railroad companies
due to land grants and displacement of Native Americans |
| gptkbp:is_discussed_in |
historical analyses of American expansionism
|
| gptkbp:is_documented_in |
gptkb:government_records
|
| gptkbp:is_examined_in |
historical studies
|
| gptkbp:is_implemented_in |
railroad companies
|
| gptkbp:is_influential_in |
shaping transportation policy in the U. S.
|
| gptkbp:is_linked_to |
the Gold Rush
|
| gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
some farmers and labor groups
|
| gptkbp:is_promoted_by |
political leaders of the time
|
| gptkbp:is_supported_by |
gptkb:President_Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:led_to |
economic growth in the United States
completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad the development of new towns along the railroad the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission |
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
various interest groups
|
| gptkbp:provided |
subsidies for railroad construction
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to promote the construction of a transcontinental railroad
|
| gptkbp:resulted_in |
increased settlement in the West
the rise of railroad monopolies |
| gptkbp:signed_by |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:significance |
facilitated westward expansion
|
| gptkbp:was_followed_by |
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1866
|
| gptkbp:was_influenced_by |
the need for national defense
|
| gptkbp:was_part_of |
the development of the American economy
the Reconstruction Era policies the American System of internal improvements the expansion of the American frontier the larger context of American industrialization |
| gptkbp:was_supported_by |
gptkb:business
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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