CCRA U.S. History Grade 11 Practice Questions - Oklahoma College- And Career-Readiness Assessment U.S. History Content, Grade 11 Exam

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Read the excerpt from the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887: 'All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property... shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.' What was the primary goal of Congress in passing this legislation?

To nationalize all private railway systems into a state-owned postal service To regulate unfair discriminatory freight rates charged by railroad monopolies against Western farmers To outlaw all organized labor strikes among railroad union workers To grant railroad corporations complete exemption from anti-monopoly judicial prosecution

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To regulate unfair discriminatory freight rates charged by railroad monopolies against Western farmers

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