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explain how railroads were funded

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Answered by devindersaroha43
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Receiving millions of acres of public lands from Congress, the railroads were assured land on which to lay the tracks and land to sell, the proceeds of which helped companies finance the construction of their railroads. Not all railroads were built with government assistance, however.

Answered by 519357
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The men, many of them from Canton in southern China, had demands: They wanted pay equal to whites, shorter workdays, and better conditions for building the country's first transcontinental railroad. So they put them to their employer, the Central Pacific Railroad, and a strike was on.

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