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What is a railroad baron?

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∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/18/2023

Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was the most powerful "railroad baron." He earned his fortune in steamship lines and then began to buy up railroad lines in New York State.

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A robber baron of the railroad industry.

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J.P. Morgan

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What was the transcontinental railroad act?

The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.

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