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Manifest Destiny

The idea America must expand westward

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Homestead Act of 1862

Gave free land to those willing to move and live westward, pull factor

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Railroad Act of 1862

Gave loans to companies to build the first transcontinental railroad

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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

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Abusive Railroad practices

farmers had to pay high freight rates to get their crops east, leads to Granger Laws

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Granger Laws

farmers gained a majority in state legislatures and passed laws protecting them from railroad companies

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Wabash v.s. Illinois

supreme court case that ruled Granger laws were unconstitutional because states can’t control interstate commerce