Question

What is the significance of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

Answer 1

Original Question: What is the significance of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?

Answer: Choice (B) or The act established some of the first steps to allow congress to regulate interstate trade

Reason:

• Choice (A) is incorrect because these laws were set up to regulate industries, not to ban certain monopolies
• Choice (B) is correct because it was the first attempt by the government to implement rules to prevent railroads from setting up outlandish prices
• Choice (C) is incorrect because this act didn't have any relation with the Apache Indians
• Choice (D) is incorrect because this wasn't the first time that the US set up a law that influenced the economy

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