it launched a natonal effort to connect the east and west by rail
it launched a national effort to connect the east and west by rail
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From it's inception on August 16, 1856, the Pacific Railroad Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln on July 1, 1862. The law would see an additional three changes through 1866.
To build railway tracks and telegraph lines, for free, to transport goods and communicate easier from the West to the other parts of the US.