History Extra for October 10, 2024

After the Civil War, the Midwest had never gotten fully on board with the national celebration of industrialists and their great fortunes. There, state legislatures had tried to rein in railroads and grain elevator operators, and their focus on the good of the community, rather than the protection of the property of wealthy men meant a thriving reform i…

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