Transcontinental Railroad Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:amends |
gptkb:Pacific_Railway_Act_of_1864
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Central_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad |
| gptkbp:country |
land grants to railroad companies
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| gptkbp:createdBy |
jobs in railroad construction
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
|
| gptkbp:encouraged |
economic_development_in_the_West
|
| gptkbp:established |
federal support for railroad construction
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Transcontinental Railroad Act
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| gptkbp:influenced |
future transportation policies
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Manifest Destiny
|
| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
gptkb:the_Democratic_Party
July 1, 1862 environmental activists some labor unions |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
in the context of sectional tensions
|
| gptkbp:isCriticizedFor |
its impact on indigenous populations
its impact on the environment corruption in land grants |
| gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy |
government funding
labor practices due_to_land_grants_and_treatment_of_Native_Americans |
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
the development of rail technology
the need for a national market the_development_of_the_American_West |
| gptkbp:isLinkedTo |
the Gold Rush
the_rise_of_the_American_economy |
| gptkbp:isLocatedIn |
various railroad companies
|
| gptkbp:isRecognizedFor |
its_role_in_shaping_modern_America
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
the rise of the railroad industry
the Golden Spike ceremony in 1869 the_establishment_of_the_Interstate_Commerce_Commission increased_migration_to_the_West |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
some_Native_American_groups
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to_promote_the_construction_of_a_railroad_and_telegraph_line_from_the_Missouri_River_to_the_Pacific_Ocean
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
the establishment of new towns along the route
completion_of_the_First_Transcontinental_Railroad improved_transportation_across_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:signature |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:significantEvent |
facilitated westward expansion
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
business interests
|
| gptkbp:wasEducatedAt |
enhancing national security
reducing travel time across the country creating a transcontinental network connecting_the_East_and_West_coasts reducing_isolation_of_the_West |
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
political leaders
the Reconstruction Era the_American_System_of_transportation the_expansion_of_the_U.S._territory the_history_of_American_infrastructure the_larger_context_of_American_industrialization |
| gptkbp:wasSupportedBy |
gptkb:the_Republican_Party
investors and entrepreneurs the business community |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1862
|