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Rail lines extended cheaper freight rates to large shippers by rebating a portion of the charge, thus disadvantaging small shippers. Freight rates also frequently were not proportionate to distance traveled; competition usually held down charges between cities with several rail connections. Rates tended to be high between points served by only one line. Thus it cost less to ship goods 1,280 kilometers from Chicago to New York than to places a few hundred kilometers from Chicago. Moreover, to avoid competition rival companies sometimes divided (\"pooled\") the freight business according to a prearranged scheme that placed the total earnings in a common fund for distribution.  \nPopular resentment at these practices stimulated state efforts at regulation, but the problem was national in character. Shippers demanded congressional action. In 1887 President Grover Cleveland signed the Interstate Commerce Act, which forbade excessive charges, pools, rebates, and rate discrimination. It created an Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to oversee the act, but gave it little enforcement power. In the first decades of its  \nexistence, virtually all the ICC's efforts at regulation and rate reductions failed to pass judicial review.  \nPresident Cleveland also opposed the protective tariff on foreign goods, which had come to be accepted as permanent national policy under the Republican presidents who dominated the politics of the era. Cleveland, a conservative Democrat, regarded tariff protection as an unwarranted subsidy to big business, giving the trusts pricing power to the disadvantage of ordinary Americans. Reflecting the interests of their Southern base, the Democrats had reverted to their pre-Civil War opposition to protection and advocacy of a \"tariff for revenue only.\"  \nCleveland, narrowly elected in 1884, was unsuccessful in achieving tariff reform during his first term. He made the issue the keynote of his campaign for reelection, but Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison, a defender of protectionism, won in a close race. In 1890, the Harrison administration, fulfilling its campaign promises, achieved passage of the McKinley tariff, which increased the already high rates. Blamed for high retail prices, the McKinley duties triggered widespread dissatisfaction, led to Republican losses in the 1890 elections, and paved the way for  \nFree K-12 Worksheets and More [www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com](www.STUDENTHANDOUTS.com)  \nName:   Date:   Class:    \nCleveland’s return to the presidency in the 1892 election.  \nDuring this period, public antipathy toward the trusts increased. The nation's gigantic corporations were subjected to bitter attack through the 1880s by reformers such as Henry George and Edward Bellamy. The Sherman Antitrust Act, passed in 1890, forbade all combinations in restraint of interstate trade and provided several methods of enforcement with severe penalties. Couched in vague generalities, the law accomplished little immediately after its passage. But a decade later, President Theodore Roosevelt would use it vigorously.  \n1. How were small shippers disadvantaged by the rail lines?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n2. What 1887 law, signed by President Grover Cleveland, was an attempt to regulate the railroads?  \n____________________________________________  \n____________________________________________  \n3. Why did the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) often fail to regulate the railroad industry during the first decades of its existence?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n4. Why was President Grover Cleveland opposed to the protective tariff on foreign goods?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n5. Who won the 1888 presidential election?  \na. Benjamin Harrison  \nb. Grover Cleveland  \nc. James K. Polk  \nd. William McKinley  \n6. What was the McKinley tariff of 1890?  \n\n|  |\n|","cbCaim5GmwY4ex2O","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim5GmwY4ex2O","pdf",87195,"English","# Railroads, Regulations, and the Tariff - Reading Questions Worksheet\n## Regulation and freight practices\n## Tariffs and presidential politics\n## Antitrust and the Sherman Act","[{\"question\":\"How were small shippers disadvantaged by the rail lines?\",\"answer\":\"Small shippers were disadvantaged because railroads extended cheaper freight rates to large shippers by rebating part of the charge, and rates were often higher on routes served by only one line.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 do, and why did the ICC struggle early on?\",\"answer\":\"The act forbade excessive charges, pools, rebates, and rate discrimination and created the ICC to oversee it, but the commission had little enforcement power and its regulatory efforts often failed judicial review.\"},{\"question\":\"Why was President Grover Cleveland opposed to the protective tariff?\",\"answer\":\"Cleveland opposed tariff protection because he viewed it as an unwarranted subsidy to big business that gave trusts pricing power, harming ordinary Americans.\"}]","Railroads, Regulations, and the Tariff - Reading Questions Worksheet | PDF",1792382414]