The Interstate Commerce Commission was created to check the monopoly power of ________ and ended up protecting them from the competitive forces of _________

a. passenger rail service; interstate bus companies
b. the Civil Aeronautics Board; the Federal Communications Commission
c. airlines; automobiles
d. railroads; truck transportation
e. railroads; inland barge service


D

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