The Pacific Railway Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862.
The Pacific Railway Act. It was NOT the Homestead act.
1862 congress passed the pacific railway act
it launched a natonal effort to connect the east and west by rail
President Abraham Lincoln is the founder. He signed the act into law on July 1, 1862.
On May 20, 1862, the Homestead Act accelerated Western Territory settlement by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of public land for 5 years. The same year, the Pacific Railway Act allowed the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad to build a railroad and telegraph line between Omaha, Nebraska and Sacramento, California.
The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was a subsidy act for the Pacific Railroad because they could not afford to build the transcontinental railway. The US Congress considered it a military necessity. This would allow troops to move quickly against Native Tribe problems and also to secure the West for the Union. Another goal was to stimulate trade with Asia, allowing products to move from both coasts.
From it's inception on August 16, 1856, the Pacific Railroad Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862. The law would see an additional three changes through 1866.
The Pacific Railway Act of 1862. With the southern states absent, no discussions were required as to why New Orleans would not be the hub of the transcontinental railway. The problem was that the Pacific Railroad could not afford to build the railway. To make the railway possible the US government and the Lincoln administration subsidized the railroad company with public land grants.
Pacific Railway Act.
In 1862 Congress passed the Pacific Railway Act, which designated the 32nd parallel as the initial transcontinental route and gave huge grants of lands for rights-of-way. The act was an effort to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and to secure the use of that line by the government.
The pacific railway act was signed into law by president Abraham Lincoln on July 1,1862.