Tag index

#Institutional-Capture

Events indexed under #Institutional-Capture — 528 entries in the record.

528 events From Feb 25, 1791 To May 13, 2026 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1868-07-09Fourteenth Amendment Ratified: Corporate Hijacking Begins 3 src
U.S. Congress · Louisiana Legislature · South Carolina Legislature · Reconstruction Governments
confirmed
1868-02-24Andrew Johnson Impeached for Obstructing Reconstruction 4 src
Andrew Johnson · Edwin Stanton · U.S. House of Representatives · Radical Republicans · +2
confirmed
1866-02-19Johnson Vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Expansion, Sabotaging Reconstruction 4 src
Andrew Johnson · Lyman Trumbull · Republican Congress · Freedmen's Bureau
confirmed
1866-01-01Alabama Initiates Convict Leasing: Slavery by Another Name 3 src
Robert Patton (Alabama Governor) · Alabama State Legislature · Coal Mining Companies · Railroad companies
confirmed
1865-12-24Ku Klux Klan Founded as Terrorist Organization to Restore White Supremacy 4 src
Nathan Bedford Forrest · Confederate Veterans · Calvin E. Jones · John B. Kennedy · +4
confirmed
1865-11-24Mississippi Enacts First Black Codes: Blueprint for Convict Leasing 3 src
Mississippi State Legislature · Governor William L. Sharkey · Southern planters
confirmed
1865-05-29Andrew Johnson Begins Mass Pardons of Confederate Leaders 4 src
Andrew Johnson · Confederate Leaders · Republican Congress
confirmed
1860-12-20South Carolina Secession Launches Confederate States Formation to Preserve Slavery as Explicit Constitutional Foundation 3 src
Jefferson Davis · Alexander Stephens · South Carolina · Confederate States of America · +1
confirmed
1859-10-16John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture 3 src
John Brown · Robert E. Lee · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines · +1
confirmed
1858-08-21Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle 3 src
Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party
confirmed
1858-01-04Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery 3 src
James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas · Kansas voters · Lecompton Convention
confirmed
1857-03-06Dred Scott Decision Demonstrates Supreme Court Capture by Slave Power Through Political Collusion 4 src
Roger B. Taney · James Buchanan · John Catron · Robert Cooper Grier · +2
confirmed
1855-03-30Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence 3 src
David Rice Atchison · Border Ruffians · Franklin Pierce · Kansas Territorial Government
confirmed
1853-03-04Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion 3 src
Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party · Slave Power
confirmed
1852-11-02Pierce Elected in Slave Power Landslide as Whig Party Collapses Over Slavery 3 src
Franklin Pierce · Winfield Scott · Democratic Party · Whig Party
confirmed
1846-05-11Polk Deceives Congress into War Declaration with False American Blood Claims 3 src
James K. Polk · Zachary Taylor · U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · +1
confirmed
1844-03-01Tyler Administration Conducts Secret Texas Annexation Negotiations to Expand Slavery 3 src
John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · John C. Calhoun · Isaac Van Zandt
confirmed
1843-10-16Tyler Begins Secret Texas Annexation Talks to Strengthen Slave Power 3 src
John Tyler · Abel P. Upshur · Isaac Van Zandt · Slave Power
confirmed
1841-09-13Whigs Expel Tyler After Bank Vetoes Reveal States' Rights Corruption Agenda 3 src
John Tyler · Henry Clay · Whig Party · Cabinet Members
confirmed
1834-03-28Senate Censures Jackson for Pet Banks Scheme and Constitutional Overreach 3 src
Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · Roger Taney · William Duane · +1
confirmed
1825-02-09Corrupt Bargain Elevates Adams to Presidency Through House Backroom Deal 3 src
John Quincy Adams · Henry Clay · Andrew Jackson · William Crawford · +1
confirmed
1821-08-10Missouri Compromise Finalizes Slave State Expansion After Racial Exclusion Crisis 3 src
U.S. Congress · James Monroe · Henry Clay · Daniel Pope Cook · +1
confirmed
1816-04-10Second Bank of the United States Chartered, Immediately Plagued by Speculation and Fraud 3 src
President James Madison · U.S. Congress · Second Bank of the United States · William Jones
confirmed
1806-11-27Burr Conspiracy and Acquittal Establishes Elite Immunity from Treason Prosecution 3 src
Aaron Burr · General James Wilkinson · President Thomas Jefferson · Chief Justice John Marshall
confirmed
1803-02-24Marbury v. Madison Establishes Judicial Review and Supreme Court Power Expansion 3 src
Chief Justice John Marshall · William Marbury · Secretary of State James Madison · U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
1798-07-14Alien and Sedition Acts Criminalize Political Dissent and Democratic Opposition 3 src
President John Adams · Federalist Party · Secretary of State Timothy Pickering · Democratic-Republican newspaper editors · +1
confirmed
1798-07-07Quasi-War Enables Military-Industrial Expansion and Permanent Navy Establishment 3 src
President John Adams · Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert · U.S. Congress · George Washington · +1
confirmed
1791-02-25First Bank of the United States Establishes Financial Elite Capture Pattern 3 src
Alexander Hamilton · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · George Washington · +1
confirmed