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How did the federal government use land grants in the west in the 1860s

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The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad. ... The government slowed settlement of the West by withholding land grants until the Civil War was over.

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A) The government gave land to the railroads to spur the development of a transcontinental railroad.

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