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.
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Which of these was a direct result of the Hepburn Act?
The authority of the interstate Commerce Commission was stregthened.
Railroads
The Representation of the People Act 1832, Reform Act 1832 or Great Reform Act was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
Prior to 1832, voting in England was limited. After the reform act of 1832, voting in the boroughs were broadened dramatically.
Hepburn Act
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.
Railroads
Hepburn
civil service
The Representation of the People Act 1832, Reform Act 1832 or Great Reform Act was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
Hepburn Act of 1906
The Public Health act
Railroads
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
to eliminate abuses by the railroads.
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened