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Manifest Destiny
The idea America must expand westward
Homestead Act of 1862
Gave free land to those willing to move and live westward, pull factor
Railroad Act of 1862
Gave loans to companies to build the first transcontinental railroad
Union Pacific / Central Pacific
Union Railroad: from Omaha to Utah, built mostly by Irish immigrants
Central Railroad: from Omaha to Sacramento, built mostly by Chinese
Abusive Railroad practices
farmers had to pay high freight rates to get their crops east, leads to Granger Laws
Granger Laws
farmers gained a majority in state legislatures and passed laws protecting them from railroad companies
Wabash v.s. Illinois
supreme court case that ruled Granger laws were unconstitutional because states can’t control interstate commerce