Protests against federal land grants peak (12 ene 1880 año – 4 ene 1890 año)

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| 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)

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