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What agency was established to regulate rates that railroads charged across the nation?
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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What does the case of Munn v Illinois gave states the right to regulate?
Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 113 (1877)The US Supreme Court defined certain private businesses as "private utilities" operating in the public interest, and gave the States the right to regulate the prices they charged their customers. Munn specifically addressed the use of grain elevators, but the Court's decision applied the regulatory rights across a broad spectrum of industries, including railroads, that operated intrastate.
From a farmers point of view how did railroads play in creating his economic hardships?
Railroads know that farmers need to ship their crops across the country, and there was really only one railroad going through their town, so they had no choice on which railroad. The railroads took advantage of this and over charged them.
Railroads did not provide a way to travel across?
yes
What power enables congress to regulate work conditions across the nation?
to regulate commerce
What is a sentence using the word settlers?
The settlers built their homes and established a new community in the untamed wilderness.
What did hunters shoot while riding the railroads across the West?
bufflo
When did the railroads begin to expand across the US towards California?
1732
What is a railroad that runs across a continent called?
Anything that runs across a continent is called transcontinental. This includes railroads.
This power enables Congress to regulate working conditions across the nation?
To regulate commerce...
What has the author J Brunlees written?
J. Brunlees has written: 'Proposed ship-railway across the Isthmus of Suez' -- subject(s): Ship-railroads, Railroads
To help extand railroads accross the nation the government gave what to the people?
The government gave land grants to people to help extend railroads across the country.
What did the us government promises to the railroads for laying track all across the country?
Land and loans
