Question

William Platt filed a lawsuit that exposed the difficulties this company encountered while selling federal land grants. A dubious project commissioned by this company was replaced by a rival’s Big Fill. After having a revelation while fleeing through the Black Hills, Grenville Dodge resigned from the military to join this (10[1])company led by “Hub” Hoxie. Written exchanges with Warren Fisher Jr. regarding this company were read aloud on the House floor after being obtained from James Mulligan (-5[1])in an event (10[1]-5[1])that plagued the (-5[1])1884 election campaign of the leader of the “Half-Breeds.” Charles (-5[1])Dana’s New York Sun exposed the leadership (-5[1])of this company for selling cheap stock (-5[1])to Schuyler Colfax, (10[3]-5[1])the Vice President (10[3]-5[1])of Ulysses (10[1]-5[1])S. Grant. (10[2]-5[3])For 10 points, name this company responsible for the Crédit Mobilier (10[1])scandal and the construction of the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad. ■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: Union Pacific Railroad Company [accept Platt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company; prompt on Crédit Mobilier until read by asking “executives from what company created and owned Crédit Mobilier?”] (The Big Fill replaced the dangerous Big Trestle that was decommissioned after six months. Dodge discovered the path on which he was fleeing would make a perfect route for a transcontinental railroad.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2479%0%50%118.47

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jonathan TranCornell AFlorida A4910
Stevie MillerMaryland AYale A76-5
Puna EkkaMinnesota BVanderbilt A79-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota ATexas A7910
Ricky LiMIT AToronto A82-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AGeorgia Tech A92-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BRutgers A99-5
Jacob EgolDuke AOhio State A106-5
Ryan SunUC Berkeley AIndiana A10910
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A10910
John John GrogerColumbia AChicago C109-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BPenn State A10910
Guy IndoranteIowa State ASouth Carolina A11210
Cole TimmerwilkeHarvard ACornell B11210
Vaishali SivaJohns Hopkins ANYU A112-5
Andrew SalijNorthwestern ANorth Carolina A11210
Lexi TermanRutgers BHouston A11410
Amogh KulkarniChicago BStanford A114-5
Joseph ChambersVirginia AClaremont A116-5
James StevensonMichigan APurdue A11610
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BUC Berkeley B116-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AMcGill A116-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AYale B11610
Albert ZhangColumbia BImperial A12710
Eric WolfsbergStanford AChicago B14110
Kevin ParkClaremont AVirginia A1410
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AMIT A14110
Daniel MaYale AMaryland A14110
Aidan FeinVanderbilt AMinnesota B14110
Cormac BeirneMcGill APenn A14110
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BFlorida B14110
Chris RayOhio State ADuke A14110