History of the United States II / Unit 5 USH2 0610 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Interstate Commerce Act
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The idea
The Interstate Commerce Act, approved February fourth, eighteen eighty-seven, created the Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the railroad industry.
In practice
The act requiring every railroad charge to be reasonable, and outlawing unjust ones.
Where people slip
Large shippers such as Standard Oil had won secret rebates while small farmers paid full rates. The commission was meant to end that.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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