The elkins act and the hepburn act regulated railroads by
outlawing kickbacks to the smallest companies and setting higher railroad rates.
outlawing rebates to the largest customers and setting railroad rates.
outlawing tax breaks to the largest railroads and changing railroad rates.
outlawing tax breaks to the smallest companies and raising railroad rates.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. obierika was a man who thought about things. when the will of the goddess had been done, he sat down in his obi and mourned his friend’s calamity. why should a man suffer so grievously for an offense he had committed inadvertently? (p. 125) based on the context clues, the best definition for the word “calamity” in the excerpt above is disaster sadness luck indifference