Answer: D. the railroad industry, whose ability to set its own prices was now limited
Explanation:
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed after years of complaints against the Railroad industry which practiced price discrimination and other monopolistic practices that enabled them to make massive profits.
The Act limited their ability to set their own prices and required that their prices be just. This meant that they could no longer charge exorbitant prices. The Railroad industry was therefore opposed to this and lobbied against its passing.
The correct answer is D. enforce new laws in the South. The problem was that there were still a lot of racially discriminatory laws in the south and a lot of social discrimination which made it difficult to enforce new laws,such as the prohibiton of racial discrimination of voting.
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They actually tried to avoid him being elected entirely. Through almost every ballot box in the southern states, his name wasn’t even on the ballot for voting.
