History GCSE
Pacific Railroad Act (1862)
What Pacific Railroad Act (1862) means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Provided the legal and financial framework, granting massive tracts of land and government bonds to companies to build the route.
Topics that use Pacific Railroad Act (1862)
- Option P3: Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862–c1876 - 1 The development of settlement in the West (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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