Flashcards in Mining and Railroads Deck (7)
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Government provided financial aid and land grants
subsidy
2
A rail line that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
transcontinental railroad
3
A town that seemed to pop up almost overnight near mining sites
boom town
4
How did the government encourage railroads to expand to the West?
by giving railroad companies large subsidies
5
Which president authorized the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
Abraham Lincoln
6
How did mining and railroads draw people to the West?
provided jobs
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