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What did the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 do?

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The pacific railway act of 1862 distributed millions of acres of western lands to state governments in order to fund state agricultural college.

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This act provided Federal government support for the building of the first transcontinental railroad, which was completed on May 10.

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