... market (1869) and annexing Santo Domingo for speculative purposes, and his officials in his Administration and even his brother-in-law were bribed for their complicity. The expansion of the railroad across the United States provided further opportunities for "captains of industry " to enrich themselves ... by industrial tycoons. The series of scandals continued on through the Republican administrations, although the Democrats of this period such as Samuel "Slippery Sam " Tilden, presidential candidate of 1876 were equally in cahoots with the "robber barons. " Meanwhile, on the western s...

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