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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Granger Laws

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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the Granger movement, its success in pushing for state regulation of railroad shipping rates, the Granger Cases, and subsequent court cases that undermined state regulation.

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