Protests against federal land grants peak (12 Jan 1880 Jahr – 4 Jan 1890 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
| WHY: | citizens discovered that the railroads controlled half the land in some western states | WHAT: | federal grants gave RR companies over 170 million acres of public land, more than 3x the amount doled out under the Homestead Act | land was mostly poorly developed (quickly and corruptly)Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
12 Jan 1880 Jahr
4 Jan 1890 Jahr
~ 9 years and 11 months