| 1873-04-14 | Slaughterhouse Cases Gut Fourteenth Amendment Protections
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 1873-01-06 | House Launches Credit Mobilier Investigation
3 src U.S. House of Representatives |
| confirmed |
| 1872-09-04 | Credit Mobilier Scandal: The Birth of the Gilded Age
5 src |
| confirmed |
| 1871-07-08 | New York Times Exposes Tweed Ring with Stolen Records
3 src New York Times · William "Boss" Tweed | | confirmed |
| 1870-01-10 | Standard Oil Company Incorporated in Ohio by John D. Rockefeller
4 src John D. Rockefeller · Standard Oil Company · Henry Flagler | | confirmed |
| 1868-07-09 | Fourteenth Amendment Ratified: Corporate Hijacking Begins
3 src U.S. Congress · Louisiana Legislature · South Carolina Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 1868-02-24 | Andrew Johnson Impeached for Obstructing Reconstruction
4 src Andrew Johnson · U.S. House of Representatives |
| confirmed |
| 1866-02-19 | Johnson Vetoes Freedmen's Bureau Expansion, Sabotaging Reconstruction
4 src Andrew Johnson · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1866-01-01 | Alabama Initiates Convict Leasing: Slavery by Another Name
3 src Railroad companies |
| confirmed |
| 1865-12-24 | Ku Klux Klan Founded as Terrorist Organization to Restore White Supremacy
4 src | | confirmed |
| 1865-11-24 | Mississippi Enacts First Black Codes: Blueprint for Convict Leasing
3 src Southern planters |
| confirmed |
| 1865-05-29 | Andrew Johnson Begins Mass Pardons of Confederate Leaders
4 src Andrew Johnson · Republican Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1860-12-20 | South Carolina Secession Launches Confederate States Formation to Preserve Slavery as Explicit Constitutional Foundation
3 src James Buchanan | | confirmed |
| 1859-10-16 | John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid Exposes Slave Power's Armed Defense of Institutional Capture
3 src John Brown · James Buchanan · U.S. Marines | | confirmed |
| 1858-08-21 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle
3 src Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party | | confirmed |
| 1858-01-04 | Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Lecompton Constitution Despite Buchanan Bribery
3 src James Buchanan · Stephen A. Douglas | | confirmed |
| 1857-03-06 | Dred Scott Decision Demonstrates Supreme Court Capture by Slave Power Through Political Collusion
4 src James Buchanan · U.S. Supreme Court | | confirmed |
| 1855-03-30 | Border Ruffians Steal Kansas Election Through Systematic Fraud and Violence
3 src Franklin Pierce | | confirmed |
| 1853-03-04 | Pierce Inauguration Falsely Claims Slavery Question Settled While Planning Expansion
3 src Franklin Pierce · Stephen A. Douglas · Democratic Party | | confirmed |
| 1852-11-02 | Pierce Elected in Slave Power Landslide as Whig Party Collapses Over Slavery
3 src Franklin Pierce · Democratic Party · Whig Party | | confirmed |
| 1846-05-11 | Polk Deceives Congress into War Declaration with False American Blood Claims
3 src James K. Polk · U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · Whig Party | | confirmed |
| 1844-03-01 | Tyler Administration Conducts Secret Texas Annexation Negotiations to Expand Slavery
3 src John Tyler · John C. Calhoun | | confirmed |
| 1843-10-16 | Tyler Begins Secret Texas Annexation Talks to Strengthen Slave Power
3 src John Tyler | | confirmed |
| 1841-09-13 | Whigs Expel Tyler After Bank Vetoes Reveal States' Rights Corruption Agenda
3 src John Tyler · Henry Clay · Whig Party | | confirmed |
| 1834-03-28 | Senate Censures Jackson for Pet Banks Scheme and Constitutional Overreach
3 src Andrew Jackson · Henry Clay · U.S. Senate | | confirmed |
| 1825-02-09 | Corrupt Bargain Elevates Adams to Presidency Through House Backroom Deal
3 src John Quincy Adams · Henry Clay · Andrew Jackson · U.S. House of Representatives | | confirmed |
| 1821-08-10 | Missouri Compromise Finalizes Slave State Expansion After Racial Exclusion Crisis
3 src U.S. Congress · James Monroe · Henry Clay | | confirmed |
| 1816-04-10 | Second Bank of the United States Chartered, Immediately Plagued by Speculation and Fraud
3 src James Madison · U.S. Congress · Second Bank of the United States | | confirmed |
| 1806-11-27 | Burr Conspiracy and Acquittal Establishes Elite Immunity from Treason Prosecution
3 src Thomas Jefferson · John Marshall | | confirmed |
| 1803-02-24 | Marbury v. Madison Establishes Judicial Review and Supreme Court Power Expansion
3 src John Marshall · U.S. Supreme Court | | confirmed |
| 1798-07-14 | Alien and Sedition Acts Criminalize Political Dissent and Democratic Opposition
3 src John Adams · Federalist Party | | confirmed |
| 1798-07-07 | Quasi-War Enables Military-Industrial Expansion and Permanent Navy Establishment
3 src John Adams · U.S. Congress · George Washington | | confirmed |
| 1791-02-25 | First Bank of the United States Establishes Financial Elite Capture Pattern
3 src Alexander Hamilton · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · George Washington · +1 | | confirmed |