What kinds of assistance did the federal government provide to railroad companies to ensure construction of a transcontinental railroad in the late nineteenth century?
a. Cash grants from new taxes
b. Loans and land grants
c. Loans from higher tariffs
d. Reduced prices for iron and steel
e. Subsidized Chinese immigrant labor
b
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