After the supreme court ruling in 1886, state governments were no longer allowed to regulate private businesses for the public good continued to enact laws regulating railroads that passed through their states saw their power to regulate railroads greatly reduced were only allowed to regulate interstate commerce

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Propaganda posters for painted an unrealistic picture of war because they showed __ a-men and women united in the war efforts. b-people taking part in unpatriotic activities. c-only happy people, not people suffering or dying. d-people taking part in anti war activities.

Lloyd’s of london was one of the first institutions to offer insurance to merchants and joint-trade companies. a major part of the insurance system involved people who agreed to take responsibility for the insured losses in return for a fee. what were these risk-takers known as? a. joint-stock companies b. investors c. underwriters d. merchants e. capitalists