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The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 regulated the railroads, forced consistent cargo rates and eliminated price discrimination between long and short haul fares. Would it be fair to describe the law as enforcing a kind of “rail neutrality”? What was the impact of the law?
I really hope this doesn't run afoul of the current events/soapbox rule but I promise I am really trying to ask a history question. I read an article drawing parallels between the situation with the railroads in 1887 and the current situation with the ISPs and I'm curios how historically accurate the comparison was. What…
I believe my ancestor may have been involved in an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm I in the early 1880s. Can anyone help with the details of this event?
Hello all, The person in question was on my father's side, but it was my mother who told me the story. According to her, He was involved in an assassination attempt on Kaiser Wilhelm I during 1881 that involved dynamite, though my own research dug up a similar-sounding event in 1883, (listed here under 1883.…