The Hepburn act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.
Hepburn
Stamp Act
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The direct result of an action
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
The Hepburn Act of 1906 allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission the ability to extend its jurisdiction. It also gave them power to maximize railroad rates.
The Hepburn act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.
The Hepburn act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.
The Klu Klux Klan
Railroads
Hepburn
The Hepburn Act was passed by Congress to increase the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroads and certain other types of carriers. It authorized the commission to determine and prescribe just and reasonable maximum rates, establish through routes, and prescribe and enforce uniform systems of accounts. Scholars consider the Hepburn Act the most important piece of legislation regarding railroads in the first half of the 20th century. Economists and historians debate whether it crippled the railroads, giving so much advantage to the shippers that a giant unregulated trucking industry--undreamed of in 1906--took away their business. for A+: RAILROADS~ Which of these was a direct result of the Hepburn Act? The authority of the interstate Commerce Commission was stregthened.
Hepburn Act of 1906
Railroads
to eliminate abuses by the railroads.
The act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.