Author Question: As a result of the Hepburn Act, a. the government gained sufficient power to stop all railroad ... (Read 52 times)

joblessjake · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

When Yeltsin's government referred to shock therapy, it meant

a. new educational policies to institute a Western-style curriculum.
b. a sudden switch from a state-run economy to a free-market economy.
c. condemnation of earlier practices of sending dissidents to mental hospitals.
d. making Russia acknowledge the cruelty that existed under the Communist system.
e. the psychological effect of losing the Soviet empire.

Question 2

As a result of the Hepburn Act,

a. the government gained sufficient power to stop all railroad abuses.
b. the government gained the power to regulate working hours in the railroad industry.
c. workers in the railroad industry received higher wages and the promise of automatic cost-of-living increases.
d. the ICC gained more authority to fix railroad rates, but the courts could still overturn rate decisions.