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WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Intent was to regulate business but given no real enforcement power by Congress, limited by the Supreme Court, and too vague to apply to specific situations.
A
Interstate Commerce Commission
B
Dawes Act
C
Pendleton Civil Service Act
D
Homestead Act
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . .

Detailed explanation-2: -The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Similarly, the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution’s Commerce Clause to afford Congress substantial (but not unlimited) authority to regulate certain purely intrastate economic activities that substantially affect interstate commerce in the aggregate.

Detailed explanation-4: -What three kinds of commerce does Congress have the power to regulate according to the Commerce Clause? Commerce with foreign nations, commerce between states, and commerce with the Indian tribes.

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