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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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western expansion of the United States
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1864
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gptkbp:approvedBy
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gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States
1862 in American law
United States federal transportation legislation
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:13_Stat._356
12 Stat. 489
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1862
1864
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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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 a transcontinental railroad
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:First_Transcontinental_Railroad
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Pacific_Railroad_Act
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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_Railway_Act_of_1863
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1865
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1866
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1868
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7
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pacific Railway Acts
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