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The Hepburn Act is a 1906 United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.y the Hepburn Act, the ICC's authority was extended to cover bridges, terminals, ferries, railroad sleeping cars, express companies and oil pipelines.
As president, Theodore Roosevelt was determined to break up every business trust he could find. False A significant step in the expansion of federal power over the economy was taken in 1906 with passage of the Hepburn Act, which allowed the ICC to set railroad rates. True William Howard Taft opposed the graduated income tax. False After 1900, the campaign for women's suffrage became a mass movement; membership in the American Woman Suffrage Association was more than 2 million by 1917.