Chapter 24 Reading Questions for American Pageant 13th edition
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US History [1]
John Hatfield 13 February 2011 APUSH Mrs. Smith Chapter 24 Reading Questions 1. Booming private economy. 2. For each mile of track built the company was granted 20 square miles of land. Plus, the builders would get $16,000 or $48,000 per land that was flat or mountainous. 3. The binding of California to the east. 4. The Union Pacific started from Omaha and enlisted Irish workers. Central Pacific started from California and enlisted Chinese workers. The subsidies are same as stated in question #2. 5. It welded the east to the west; it brought in more Asian trade, and gave a path through the desert.