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The North had an economic boom during the civil war due to a high demand of supplies. Helped in economic development by giving the North more money for the future.

Provided that any citizen of the U.S. who had not borne arms against the government160 acres of government land. This was important economically because it made living space fo immigrants to the United States and provided for economically important activities such as agriculture.

This would have allowed all of the southern states back into the union if ten percent of their citizens pledged allegiance to the union and expressed remorse for having their states' secede. It helped in economic development by creating a proposal for the nation to focus on their economy and become prosperous as one nation once more.

This porvided federal loans for the development of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. It was economically crucial as it laid the base for a railroad connecting east to west.

Sold land to poor southerners at a very cheap price to help the poor. This was important because helped poor people acquire a way of life without any reasonable means of living.

This was America's first organization of farmers ever created, paving the way for the future economic development that the federal government would pioneer in order to make the United States the dominant country of the hemisphere and the world economically by creating a greater supply of products and necessities in the country.

This was ultimately the aftermath of the economic development in the United States, as it changed the role of the government to getting the nation out of the depression caused by all of the economic thrusts after the civil war.

One of the states which would have allowed slavery from popular sovereignty is admitted into the union by the federal government, showing as to how the power of the government changed as the country entered the civil war.

This act provided federal subsides for the creation and development of a transcontinental railroad. It played a large part in the extension of the role of the federal government further west as it made a much simpler route for people to go west and live there in order to develop the land.

This railroad was built in the western United States, covering the vast majority of states in the area. This helped extend the role of the federal government further west, and gave the government the ability to more easily develop the west with a simpler and faster way of getting there and navigating the area.

West Virginia somewhat illegally by Lincoln's standards seceded from Virginia, creating another border state and another free state to rival the slave states in the south, giving the North a slightly larger advantage than they had previously in the war. This changed the government as it basically made Lincoln accept the fact that the states had seceded by allowing West Virginia into the union.

This was the largest state admitted into the union during the civil war. It brought the federal government further west and paved the way for a near continental United States.

One of the states that would have allowed slavery through popular sovereignty was admitted to the union. This changed the government as it made westward expansion easier with the issue of slavery eradicated.

The annexation of Alaska as a territory was important in westward expansion as it brought the federal government far west in one of the largest territories ever acquired by the United States.

The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad officially allowed the federal government to extend from "sea to shining sea" and bring its power and responsibility from one end of the continent to the other.