The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 Set the Pattern for Government

Multiple Choice

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 set the pattern for government land grants by giving the builders of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads

A) five square miles of public land on each side of their right-of-way for every mile of track laid.
B) a ten-year exemption from state taxes.
C) a twenty-year exemption from government regulation.
D) the right to import an unlimited supply of Chinese labor.