Granger Movement — U.S. Hist. a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, esp. in the north central states, carried on during the 1870s by members of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange), a farmers organization that had been formed for social… … Universalium
Granger law — noun Any of various laws passed by western states of the United States after the Civil War to regulate rates paid for transporting grain … Wiktionary
granger law — noun : one of the laws passed in various states of the middle west between 1869 and 1876 under influence of the Grange … Useful english dictionary
Thomas Granger — or Graunger (1625? ndash; September 8, 1642) was the first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (the first hanged in any of the colonies of New England being John Billington) and the first known juvenile to be sentenced to death and… … Wikipedia
History of the United States (1865–1918) — The history of the United States (1865–1918) covers Reconstruction and the rise of industrialization in the United States.At the conclusion of the Civil War, the United States remained bitterly divided. Reconstruction and its failure left the… … Wikipedia
Farmers' movement — The Farmers Movement was, in American political history, the general name for a movement between 1867 and 1896 remarkable for a radical socio economic propaganda that came from what was considered the most conservative class of American society.… … Wikipedia
Morrison Waite — Justice Waite redirects here. For other uses, see Justice Waite (disambiguation). Morrison Remick Waite 7th Chief Justice of the United States In office January 21, 1874 … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Waite, Morrison Remick — ▪ chief justice of United States born Nov. 29, 1816, Lyme, Conn., U.S. died March 23, 1888, Washington, D.C. seventh chief justice of the United States (1874–88), who frequently spoke for the Supreme Court in interpreting the post Civil War… … Universalium
Smyth v. Ames — Supreme Court of the United States Submitted May 9, 1898 Decided May 31, 1898 … Wikipedia
