jul 1, 1862 - Congress Passed a Bill

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The Pacific Railway Act was signed into the law by President Abraham Lincoln. This project provided Federal government support. The congress passed a bill to create the transcontinental rail road that would connect the West with the rest of the nation. This involved 2 companies. The Central Pacific were Chinese immigrants.

Betsy & Jose

https://www.uscitizenship.info/Chinese-immigration-and-the-Transcontinental-railroad/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/pacificrail.html

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