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The Hepburn Act of 1906 allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission the ability to extend its jurisdiction. It also gave them power to maximize railroad rates.
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What was Elkins Act and Hepburn Act?
Hepburn Act · Who: sponsored by William Peters Hepburn · What: a law to enable railroad regulations (set maximum rates, discontinues free passes and able to look at financial records) extended to cover bridges, terminals, ferries, railroad sleeping cars, express companies and oil pipelines. · Where: All railroads, bridges, terminals, ferries, railroad sleeping cars, express companies and oil pipelines in U.S · When:1906 · Why: to be able to set maximum railroad rates · How: passed by congress · President: Theodore Roosevelt · Success/Failure: Success Elkins Act · Who:The law was sponsored by President Theodore Roosevelt · What: The Elkins Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates. The railroad companies were not permitted to offer rebates. · Where: Railroad companies in the United States · When: 1903 · Why: to strengthen the I.C.C · How: Passed Congress and signed by the President · President: Theodore Roosevelt · Success/Failure: Success
What the Direct result of the Hepburn act?
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
Was a direct result of the Hepburn Act?
The authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission was strengthened
How did Hepburn Act Change the government's role in industry?
The Hepburn act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.
How did the hepburn act change the governments role industry?
The Hepburn act gave the government the power to set and limit shipping costs.
What was formed as direct result of the intolerable act?
The Klu Klux Klan
Which of these was the subject of the hepburn act of 1906?
Railroads
What was the act that set maximum railroad rates?
Hepburn
What is the Attemted Reform of the Hepburn Act?
The Hepburn Act was passed by Congress to increase the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroads and certain other types of carriers. It authorized the commission to determine and prescribe just and reasonable maximum rates, establish through routes, and prescribe and enforce uniform systems of accounts. Scholars consider the Hepburn Act the most important piece of legislation regarding railroads in the first half of the 20th century. Economists and historians debate whether it crippled the railroads, giving so much advantage to the shippers that a giant unregulated trucking industry--undreamed of in 1906--took away their business. for A+: RAILROADS~ Which of these was a direct result of the Hepburn Act? The authority of the interstate Commerce Commission was stregthened.
What was the effective railroad regulation law of 1906?
Hepburn Act of 1906
What two acts regulated shipping rates within the railroad industry?
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Hepburn Act of 1906 regulated shipping rates within the railroad industry in the United States. These acts aimed to prevent unfair practices and discrimination in rail transportation, as well as to promote fair and reasonable rates.
What specific industry was finally brought under effective government regulation by the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act?
Railroads
Why did Theodore roosevelt get congress to pass the hepburn act?
to eliminate abuses by the railroads.
