In the Pacific Railway Act of 1862, Congress
a. exempted transcontinental railroads from antitrust prosecution.
b. raised the tax rate on large railroad companies.
c. allowed railroad companies to bring in cheap immigrant labor.
d. gave subsidies of federal lands to railroad companies.
D
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