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What Was the Impact of the Pacific Railroad Act

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What was the impact of the Pacific Railroad Act?


A) The federal government became a major investor in the transcontinental railroad.
B) The price of cotton rose as new railroads fueled demand and enhanced Southern power.
C) The British moved through the creation of a new fleet to blockage U.S. cotton exports.
D) The price of steel rose, fueling economic interdependence with newly free Canada.
E) Private lands were seized by the federal government and gifted to the railroads.

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