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History - American West

Module 1 · Text John Iliff
Module 2 · Text Goodnight-Loving trail
Module 3 · Text Joseph McCoy and Abilene
Module 4 · Text Gold Prospecting
Module 5 · Text Wild Bill Hickok
Module 6 · Text Civil War
Module 7 · Text The Homestead Act
Module 8 · Text Pacific Union Railroad Act You are here
Module 9 · Text Why Did People MIgrate West
Module 10 · Text Manifest Destiny
Module 11 · Text Donner Party
Module 12 · Text Mormons
Module 13 · Text Farming
Module 14 · Text Fort Laramie Treaty
Module 15 · Text Plains Indians: horses
Module 16 · Text Plains Indians: warfare
Module 17 · Text Plains Indians: beliefs
Module 18 · Text Plains Indians: society
Module 19 · Text Plains Indians: family life
Module 20 · Text Buffalo
Module 21 · Text Cattle Industry
Module 22 · Text Time Line & Dates & Important Events

Close the course

Module 8 of 22 · Text

Pacific Union Railroad Act

holly franko

1862
union pacific and ceteral pacific
covered 2000km
$32000 per mile

land grants finances-took land away from tribes

lincons hopes

connect and secure expansion of USA
support communities and lilitary
safe passage west
connect east to west