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Indeed, corruption is a phenomenon, which manipulates the root of a nation’s economic system. In fact, countries that fall under the economic crisis are the result of corruption. From the era of President Grant to President Hayes and to Grover Cleveland, politics and congress members were involve in corruption. Moreover, as the industrial revolution emerged in the south and the west of the United States, big business such as railroads, oil companies, steal companies started negotiation with politics on laissez-faire. In fact, monopoly and holding company were the ways that corporate companies used to occupy the market. Additionally, railroad companies had the economic influence on the government because railroads connected people from far distance to exchange business and to expand the business around the world. In Hell on Wheels TV series (1ST season), the series makers shows that entrepreneurs had to have connection with some congressmen before starting big business. In one of the scene in Hell on Wheels TV series the Pacific railroad company owner offers money to politics member so that he could agree to let the company start …show more content…

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