Railroad Monopolies, Land Grants, and Federal Regulation (1865–1900)

1. Pacific Railway Act authorizes major land grants

   Jul 1, 1862Labels: Pacific Railway, Union Pacific, Central Pacific

   • Nat Archives
   • Britannica

2. Second Pacific Railway Act expands subsidies

   Jul 2, 1864Labels: Second Pacific, railroad bonds

   • Britannica

3. Northern Pacific chartered with vast land grant

   Jul 2, 1864Labels: Northern Pacific, land grant

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   • Wiki

4. Crédit Mobilier scandal publicly exposed

   Sep 4, 1872Labels: Cr dit, Union Pacific

   • House Hist
   • Britannica

5. House censures Ames and Brooks

   Feb 27, 1873Labels: Oakes Ames, James Brooks

   • House Hist

6. Panic of 1873 follows rail-finance collapse

   Sep 18, 1873Labels: Panic of, Jay Cooke

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   • Smithsonian

7. Munn v. Illinois upholds state rate regulation

   Jan 1, 1877Labels: Munn v, Granger movement

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8. Great Railroad Strike erupts nationwide

   Jul 14, 1877Labels: Great Railroad, rail labor

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   • Wiki

9. Mussel Slough shootout highlights land-grant conflict

   May 11, 1880Labels: Mussel Slough, Southern Pacific

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10. Wabash decision limits state regulation of rail rates

    Oct 25, 1886Labels: Wabash v, interstate commerce

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    • Nat Archives

11. Interstate Commerce Act creates the ICC

    Feb 4, 1887Labels: Interstate Commerce

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12. Sherman Antitrust Act becomes federal law

    Jul 2, 1890Labels: Sherman Antitrust, antitrust law

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    • LOC Guides

13. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe enters receivership

    Dec 1, 1893Labels: Atchison Topeka, receivership

    • KS History

14. E. C. Knight decision narrows Sherman Act reach

    Jan 21, 1895Labels: E C, Supreme Court

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    • Wiki