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title: "How did the United States' government help facilitate the building of the first transcontinental railroad?"  
description: "How did the United States' government help facilitate the building of the first transcontinental railroad?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43427/how-did-the-united-states-government-help-facilitate-the-building-of-the-first-transcontinental-railroad  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the United States' government help facilitate the building of the first transcontinental railroad? 

How did the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps)' [government](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1911/upi-transaction-would-cost-zero-service-charges-clarifies-government) help facilitate the [building](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23381/interior-decoration-for-tech-offices) of the first [transcontinental railroad](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42775/what-were-the-benefits-of-the-transcontinental-railroad)?


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