What was the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?
Question:
What was the purpose of the Pacific Railway Act?
Choices:
- To offer federal subsidies for land and loans to build the first Transcontinental Railroad
- To offer public land in the West to people who could build a home or farm on the land for five years
- To set aside undesirable parcels of land that the U.S. government could use to create reservations
- To further assimilation policies by breaking up Indigenous peoples' land for agricultural use
Answer:
To offer federal subsidies for land and loans to build the first Transcontinental Railroad