Question

Why were railroad land grants checkered? Based on this prompt: "Look at the picture and investigate why this railroad land grant area has a checkerboard pattern. Explain this idea in a short essay."

Answer 1

The checkerboard pattern of the land grants had started amid the canal land grant era, and proceeded with the railroad grants as an admission to adversaries both of land subsidies and of interstate railroads.Land grant proponents imperiled by concurring to grant every other square-mile segment of land to the railroads.

I used this short essay in an online school program.

Answer 2

The checkerboard pattern of the land grants had begun during the canal land grant era, and continued with the railroad grants as a concession to opponents both of land subsidies and of interstate railroads.Land grant proponents compromised by agreeing to grant every other square-mile section of land to the railroads.

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