33
/
AIzaSyB4mHJ5NPEv-XzF7P6NDYXjlkCWaeKw5bc
November 1, 2025
751479
44548
2
Public Timelines
FAQ Get premium

jan 1, 1887 - interstate Commerce Act (1887)

Description:

-Regulated railroad industry, especially it's practices of monopoly
-Required railroad companies to be "resonable and just"
-Railroads become first industry subject to federal regulation

Added to timeline:

10 May 2018
6
0
3307

Date:

jan 1, 1887
Now
~ 138 years ago