RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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stealing whiskey from former Union army bases and selling it in Western settlements.
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accepting bribes from distillers to ignore health and safety regulations.
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selling whiskey at an inflated price to Southern taverns.
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cheating the government out of millions of dollars by filing false tax reports.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ring was an American scandal, broken in May 1875, involving the diversion of tax revenues in a conspiracy among government agents, politicians, whiskey distillers, and distributors. Whiskey distillers bribed Treasury officials to increase profits and evade taxes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Of all the major St. Louis Whiskey Ring defendants, Babcock alone received acquittal. Although Babcock won the battle, he lost the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Benjamin H. Bristow, secretary of the Treasury, organized a secret investigation that exposed the ring and resulted in 238 indictments and 110 convictions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Operating mostly in St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee, the ring eventually involved whiskey distillers, agents of the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury clerks and others, all of whom conspired to siphon off liquor tax revenues into campaign coffers and individual pockets.