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Click the mouse button to display the information. Linking the Nation After the Civil War, railroad construction dramatically expanded.  In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which provided for the construction of a transcontinental railroad by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroad companies.  To encourage rapid construction, the government offered each company land along its right of way.

In 1865 the Union Pacific, under engineer Grenville Dodge, pushed westward from Omaha, Nebraska.  Weather, labor, money, and engineering problems hampered the project.  The workers included Civil War veterans, Irish immigrants, farmers, miners, cooks, and ex-convicts.  Camp life was dangerous. Linking the Nation (cont.) Click the mouse button to display the information.

Four merchants known as the “Big Four” invested in the Central Pacific Railroad.  They each bought stock in the railroad and eventually made a fortune.  One of them, Leland Stanford, became governor of California, founded Stanford University, and later became a United States senator.  Because of a labor shortage, the Central Pacific Railroad hired about 10,000 workers from China. Linking the Nation (cont.) Click the mouse button to display the information.

How did the government encourage rapid construction of the railroads? The government offered each railroad company land. Competition occurred between the two railroad companies as each tried to get as much land and money as possible. Click the mouse button to display the answer. Linking the Nation (cont.)

Section Railroads Spur Growth Click the mouse button to display the information. Railroads encouraged the growth of American industry.  They linked the nation and increased the size of markets.  The railroad industry stimulated the economy by spending large amounts of money on steel, coal, and timber.  In the early 1800s, most railways served only local needs, resulting in many unconnected rail lines.