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how did the government help railroad companies expand to the west and complete the transcontinental railroad?
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how did the government help railroad companies expand to the west and complete the transcontinental railroad?

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US government gave the railroad millions of acres of land in the West. The railroad companies sold off the land and with the money raised,funded their railroad construction projects.
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