A. creating the Interstate Commerce Commission
In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation. Congress passed the law largely in response to public demand that railroad operations be regulated. The act also established a five-member enforcement board known as the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the years following the Civil War, railroads were privately owned and entirely unregulated. The railroad companies held a natural monopoly in the areas that only they serviced.
They are contradictory, the Teller amendment was a declaration of war against Spain... that said it would not try to annex Cuba if it was to win. the Platt amendment was a Cuban Constitution that allowed U.S. troops to intervene in Cuba
Its A if economic opportunities increased why move to new lands?