WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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supported the organization of farm cooperatives
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regulated the activities of railroads and trusts
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provided direct payments to farmers to help them buy modern machinery
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dropped tariff rates to the lowest point in the century
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 4, 1887, both the Senate and House passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which applied the Constitution’s “Commerce Clause”-granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States”-to regulating railroad rates.
Detailed explanation-2: -The national government began regulating business in the late 1800s in order to eliminate monopolies, businesses or groups that have exclusive control of an industry.
Detailed explanation-3: -With this act, the railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation. In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation. Congress passed the law largely in response to decades of public demand that railroad operations be regulated.
Detailed explanation-4: -Industry & Big Business The government attempted to regulate businesses by using creating the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and the Blue Laws.