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... Railroad Company to build a transcontinental railroad ? 5. What did Representative Pruyn mean by the statement that " the Government in fact built the road " ? 6. Why did the Investigating Committee on Credit Mobilier report that the ...
... Railroad Company to build a transcontinental railroad ? 5. What did Representative Pruyn mean by the statement that " the Government in fact built the road " ? 6. Why did the Investigating Committee on Credit Mobilier report that the ...
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... railroad building on a vast scale was the charter granted by Congress to the Union Pacific Railroad on July 1 , 1862.1 An Act to Aid in Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and to ...
... railroad building on a vast scale was the charter granted by Congress to the Union Pacific Railroad on July 1 , 1862.1 An Act to Aid in Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and to ...
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... railroad building the American people were quick to see the eco- nomic advantages which rail transportation would provide and slow to realize that the public might not gain the benefit of these advantages . It was clear that the railroads ...
... railroad building the American people were quick to see the eco- nomic advantages which rail transportation would provide and slow to realize that the public might not gain the benefit of these advantages . It was clear that the railroads ...
Contents
I | 2 |
PHILOSOPHERS OF LAISSEZ FAIRE | 4 |
Andrew Carnegie and the Accumula | 10 |
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| Title | Select Problems in Historical Interpretation: Government and the American economy, 1870-present Volume 2 of Select Problems in Historical Interpretation, David Morris Potter |
| Authors | David Morris Potter, Thomas G. Manning |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 May 2009 |
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