The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 granted land to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroad. What was the effect of the railroads selling this land?

Farmers were pushed off the land to build cities and towns.
The Supreme Court ruled the land grants unconstitutional.
There was an increase in population in the American interior.
Steamship companies failed because people traveled by train.

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The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 granted land to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroad. What was the effect of the railroads selling this land?

    Farmers were pushed off the land to build cities and towns.
    The Supreme Court ruled the land grants unconstitutional.
    There was an increase in population in the American interior.
    Steamship companies failed because people traveled by train.

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