<span> The answer to your question is cynicism.
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The answer is that it established the power of the federal government. It allowed state government to overule the federal government also established the power of state government. And decided the the federal government cannot tax states.
The best item is letter B: to protect against future economic crises.
I would say A. This was a scandal involving the illegal manipulation of contracts by a construction and finance company associated with the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the United States between 1865 and 1869.
