The Supreme Court cases of Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R.R. v. Illinois (1886) and United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895) were based on laws that were intended to
(a) limit the power of big business
(b) support farmers' efforts to increase the money supply
(c) maintain a laissez-faire approach to the economy
(d) improve working conditions for immigrants
Answer: (a) limit the power of big business
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A) wrote in support of the French Revolution B) suggested the importance of spreading revolution throughout Europe. C) suggested that sudden change was an important means of renewing society. D) condemned the radical republican and democratic ideas of the French Revolution. E) argued against the idea that the state should be considered a partnership agreement.
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