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What was one motive the United States government provided subsidies and land grants to railroad companies in the 1800s?

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to prevent railroads from going bankrupt

to help create well-paying jobs for more people

to create railroad networks that spanned the entire country

to convince banks that railroads were good investments

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to help create well-paying jobs for more people

to create railroad networks that spanned the entire country

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