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What was the Pacific Railroad Act?

 

an act that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph line across the continental United States

 

an act that gave the western states more than 17 million acres of land to finance the building of colleges teaching agriculture and engineering

 

a law that governed prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold and silver, on public lands

 

an act that authorized the construction of the first transcontinental railroad connecting the east and west coasts

 

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