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To make the railroad rates "reasonable and just".
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∙ 14y agoThe purpose of Interstate Commerce Act is to regulate the sale of goods across state lines. Also to ensure that the freedom of speech is envoked in every city and state in America
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∙ 13y agoTo regulate commerce and business in the United States and establish a center authority of all commerce in all states of the US
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∙ 14y agocharging equally for long and short hauls
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∙ 11y agoto destroy the railroad industry.
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∙ 8y agoto monitor railroad companies
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∙ 14y ago1889
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Who was the president that was responsible for seeing that the Interstate Commerce Act which regulated railroads was passed?
Grover Cleveland
When was Interstate Commerce Commission created?
President Grover Cleveland signed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), the U.S. government's first regulatory agency
What two things did the Interstate Commerce Act do?
The Interstate Commerce Act made it easier to trade between states. This was due to having no tariffs among them. This was groundbreaking because everything was taxed originally at 4 percent.
The interstate commerce act was originally intended to regulate what industry?
Its the railroad industry
Was a direct result of the Hepburn Act?
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to?
??
Who supervised railroads after the Interstate Commerce Act was passed?
because
What law passed to stop monopolies?
Clayton Act Interstate commerce act
Who were the key participants in the interstate commerce act?
In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation.
Congress passed the interstate commerce act 1887 and the sherman antitrust act 1890 in response to?
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 in response to prohibit monopolies. Who likes Pizza cause I do
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the sherman antitrust 1890 in response to?
Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 in response to prohibit monopolies. Who likes pizza cause I do
What was the effect of the Mann-Elkins Act which was passed by Congress in 1910?
It strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act.
True or false the us congress passed the interstate commerce act?
true
Who was the president that was responsible for seeing that the Interstate Commerce Act which regulated railroads was passed?
Grover Cleveland
Congress passed both the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act in the hope that it could?
gain more control over business
Both the interstate commerce act and the sherman antitrust act were?
Passed by the federal government to regulate big business (this is for castle learning i bet)
What is Part II of the Interstate Commerce Act?
Part II of the act extended federal authority to motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce.
