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The federal government provided assistance to the railroads in the form of and?

land grants and loans


Railroads were reluctant to build a transcontinental railroad themselves without assistance from the federal government Which of these pieces of legislation provided the necessary funds to build the?

the Pacific Railway Acts


Before the state and Federal government provided assistance who was providing relief to Americans during the great depression?

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In the second half of the 1800s what did the federal government encourage in the building of transcontinental railroads?

Railroad Builders received loans and grants from the federal government.


When state governments passed Granger laws?

railroads protested that only the federal government, not states, could regulate railroads


What Increased the federal government's power over the railroads?

The Interstate Commerce Act.


How did the South keep railroads construction costs down?

a. it used prison labor and lobbied the federal government


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Federal government and state government


Which of these programs is funded by the Federal Government and managed by the state?

temporary assistance


What industry divided the US into four time zones without consent of the federal government?

The railroads


What federal government organization was used to regulate railroads telephone and telegraph companies?

Interstate Commerce Commission was formed by the federal government to regulate railroad, telephone, and telegraph companies.


Why did the federal government provide land grants to companies to build railroads west?

It was because they needed railroads so they could of transport stuff that they needed from the west.