Crédit Mobilier scandal
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cr-dit-mobilier-scandal-175-2333424
title:
Crédit Mobilier scandal
text:
The Crédit Mobilier scandal was a two-part fraud conducted from 1864 to 1867 by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad from the Missouri River to Utah Territory. The story was broken by The New York Sun during the 1872 campaign of Ulysses S. Grant. A new company, Crédit Mobilier of America, was created by Union Pacific executives to actually build the line albeit at inflated
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American political scandal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Mobilier_scandal
date created:
2004-02-10T05:30:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T13:08:32Z
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