The Interstate Commerce Commission
a. lacked the power to regulate railroads effectively.
b. saved producers billions of dollars by forcing railroads to lower their rates.
c. virtually destroyed the railroad industry by forcing railroads to lower their rates.
d. amounted to little more than socialist control of the railroad industry.
ANSWER: a
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