Read the excerpt from the Pacific Railway Act. from The Pacific Railway Act
An Act to ald in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
Be It enacted, That [names of corporators); together with five commissioners to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior ... are hereby
created and erected into a body corporate ... by the name ...of "The Union Pacific Railroad Company"...; and the said corporation is hereby
authorized and empowered to lay out, locate, construct
, furnish, maintain and enjoy a continuous railroad and telegraph [...].
Sec. 2. That the right of way through the public lands be ... granted to sald company for the construction of said rallroad and telegraph line;
and the right... Is hereby given to sald company to take from the public lands adjacent to the line of sald road, earth, stone, timber, and other
materials for the construction thereof; sald right of way is granted to sald railroad to the extent of two hundred feet in width on each side of sald
rallroad when it may pass over the public lands, including all necessary grounds, for stations, buildings, workshops, and depots, machine shops,
switches, side tracks, turntables, and water stations.
(from "The Pacific Railway Act" U. S. Statutes at Large)
Based on the excerpt, what is the purpose of each section of the act?
1. to request volunteers for railroad construction
2. to give instructions for the use of a telegraph
3. to attempt to establish a set of guidelines
4. to describe a goal unlikely to be realized

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."