WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
THE GRANGE AND THE POPULIST PARTY PLATFORM
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Question
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What did the Interstate Commerce Commission originally regulate ____ why was it formed?
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To regulate the telegraph and telephone companies.
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To regulate usage of water in the western states.
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To regulate railroad rates, so they would be “reasonable and just.”
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The law sought to prevent monopoly by promoting competition, and also to outlaw discriminatory rate-setting. Its most successful provisions were a requirement that railroads submit annual reports to the ICC, and a ban on special rates the railroads would arrange among themselves.
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