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Explanation:
On February 4, 1887, both the Senate and House passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which applied the Constitution’s “Commerce Clause”—granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States”—to regulating railroad rates. Small businesses and farmers were protesting that the railroads charged them higher rates than larger corporations, and that the railroads were also setting higher rates for short hauls than for long-distance hauls. Although the railroads claimed economic justification for policies that favored big businesses, small shippers insisted that the railroads were gouging them.
It took years for Congress to respond to these protests, due to members’ reluctance to have the government interfere in any way with corporate policies. In 1874 legislation was introduced calling for a federal railroad commission. The bill passed the House, but not the Senate. When Congress failed to act, some states adopted their own railroad regulations. Those laws were struck down in 1886, when the Supreme Court ruled in that the state of Illinois could not restrict the rates that the Wabash Railroad was charging because its freight traffic moved between the states, and only the federal government could regulate interstate commerce. Continued public anger over unfair railroad rates prompted Illinois senator Shelby M. Cullom to hold the hearings that led to the enactment of the Interstate Commerce Act.
That law limited railroads to rates that were “reasonable and just,” forbade rebates to high-volume users, and made it illegal to charge higher rates for shorter hauls. To hear evidence and render decisions on individual cases, the act created the Interstate Commerce Commission. This was the first federal independent regulatory commission, and it served as a model for others that would follow, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Evolving technology eventually made the purpose of the ICC obsolete, and in 1995 Congress abolished the commission, transferring its remaining functions to the Surface Transportation Board. But while the ICC has come and gone, its creation marked a significant turning point in federal policy. Before 1887, Congress had applied the Commerce Clause only on a limited basis, usually to remove barriers that the states tried to impose on interstate trade. The Interstate Commerce Act showed that Congress could apply the Commerce Clause more expansively to national issues if they involved commerce across state lines. After 1887, the national economy grew much more integrated, making almost all commerce interstate and international. The nation rather than the Constitution had changed. That development turned the Commerce Clause into a powerful legislative tool for addressing national problems.
Compare the way the Cherokee people lived before the Trail of Tears with their experiences during the journey.
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They were farming people and had been farming people for more than a thousand years. They did not live in teepees, but had permanent villages with substantial houses. At the time of their removal, the Cherokee had a higher literacy rate than the non-Indian Americans.
But then the Cherokee people were divided... What was the best way to handle the government’s determination to get its hands on their territory? Some wanted to stay and fight. Others thought it was more pragmatic to agree to leave in exchange for money and other concessions. In 1835, a few self-appointed representatives of the Cherokee nation negotiated the Treaty of New Echota, which traded all Cherokee land east of the Mississippi for $5 million, relocation assistance and compensation for lost property. To the federal government, the treaty was a done deal, but many of the Cherokee felt betrayed; after all, the negotiators did not represent the tribal government or anyone else.
By 1838, only about 2,000 Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for Indian Territory. President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 soldiers to expedite the removal process. Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while his men looted their homes and belongings. Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian Territory. Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation were epidemic along the way, and historians estimate that more than 5,000 Cherokee died as a result of the journey.
How was the Mayan form of government similar to the governments in ancient Mesopotamia?
The leader was a king.
The leader was a pharaoh.
It was a theocracy.
It was a democracy.
Which of the following empires did Alexander the Great NOT conquer?
China
Persia
India
Egypt
Answer:
Alexander the Great did not conquer India
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Answer:
China
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How many empires did Alexander the Great conquer?
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His conquests included Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia and Bactria. He extended the boundaries of his empire as far as Taxila, India (now Pakistan).
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How can this map of King Street help historians?
a diagram with rectangles around the outside, each labeled with the letters of the alphabet. Near the center of the page are drawings that look like people lying down. There are initials beside each of these drawings. At the bottom of the page there is a line of text that says Plan of King Street and Vicinity.
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Shows how people traveled in downtown Boston
Shows things to do in downtown Boston
Shows where people were shot during the Boston Massacre
Shows why people protested the British troops in Boston
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C
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Constitutional Convention of 1787
What agreement did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention design to resolve this disagreement?
A).Virginia Plan
B).Albany Plan
C).Great Compromise
D).Three-Fifths Compromise
Answer:
It is C. Great Compromise
Explanation:
List four benefits of damming or diverting the Colorado River.
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Answer:
Hydroelectric power is made when water passes through a dam. Dams and waterways store and provide water for irrigation so farmers can use the water for growing crops. Dams help in preventing floods. Since the water stored in dams is fresh water, it can then be used for drinking water.
(This is true for almost all dams.)
The great plains were also known as the great American desert why was this area given that name
Answer:
The answer is B
Explanation:
It is a desert and deserts get little to no rain
Answer:
Long called the region "the Great American Desert." He considered the area "almost wholly unfit for cultivation, and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence." It was flat, treeless, and arid. Americans surged westward after 1860 for many reasons.
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PLEASEEE THIS IS URGENT A NSWER ASAP!!!! What were the reactions of each group in the different regions in British North America to the idea of Confederation? (please list a verity of different groups in different regions)
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I don't know if this answers your question But
There were 4 regions New England the middle
colonies lower South and cheasapeake
* In New England the colonies are Connecticut colony colony of Rhode Island Providence Plantation
* in The middle colonies there were Quaker's menanights lutherans Dutch colony
*In Chesapeake the colony of Virginia the dominion of Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia and Providence of Maryland
