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Why did a provision of the interstate commerce act require railroads to make their rates public?

so that railroad employees did not have to remember the rates
so that railroad companies couldn’t unfairly charge different rates
so that railroads could operate more quickly and efficiently
so that different railroad companies would know what to charge

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"so that railroad companies couldn’t unfairly charge different rate". By making sure that things like rates were transparent in the market, the government was making sure that there would be no monopolies.

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Option B, so that railroad companies couldn’t unfairly charge different rates is the right answer.

Railroads during the 19th century became the main form of transportation for both men and goods. Therefore, the prices they charged and the methods they adopted had a direct influence on an individual. These Railroad companies had their pools over the area they serviced and that they had the power of prices fixing, excluding competitors, etc. In fact, the lack of competition sometimes led to an increase in the prices for their services.

Therefore, The passing of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, was a response of the federal government to raising public attention. This Act provided Congress with a right to regulate private corporations involved in interstate dealings by challenging the philosophy of laissez-faire economics. Although, this act gave some authority to the Congress over interstate railroad rates but it did not enable the government to fix specific rates.

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sonar maybe? ? i dont know the choices

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Several different things make up a culture like, how the people worship, their form of government, geography, and trade. religion is one of the most important things to a culture, it defines peoples life. their different beliefs form into festivities and events that merge with their culture. people that practice hinduism see cows as gods, so no doubt they would celebrate cows, and these celebrations would definitely merge with their culture. those that are buddhist live life trying to reach a certain level of peace, so no doubt would they change things in their life in order to correspond with their religion.

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