Statements (13)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:amended_by |
subsequent telecommunications legislation
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gptkbp:date_enacted |
1860
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gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pacific Telegraph Act
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gptkbp:impact |
facilitated communication between the East and West coasts of the United States
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gptkbp:purpose |
to promote telegraph communication
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gptkbp:related_to |
transcontinental telegraph
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gptkbp:repealed_by |
gptkb:Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
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gptkbp:significance |
established telegraph lines across the Pacific
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gptkbp:sponsored_by |
gptkb:Senator_William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Transcontinental_Telegraph
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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