Mod 1

• Question 1

10 out of 10 points

Courts interpreted the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) as prohibiting labor strikes as being in restraint of trade or commerce. Which of the following statutes expressly provided that the Sherman Act was not applicable to labor union activity?

Selected Answer: The Clayton Antitrust Act

• Question 2

10 out of 10 points

The primary legal basis for the governmental regulation of the railroads (and airlines) is

Selected Answer: the commerce clause of the Constitution.

• Question 3

10 out of 10 points

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

Selected Answer: All of the above

• Question 4

10 out of 10 points

The experience of the railroads directly impacted the air transportation industry in all of the following ways, EXCEPT it

Selected Answer: created the law regulating the employer's liability to employees for injury on the job.

• Question 5

10 out of 10 points

The law that provided financial guarantees that assured the construction of the transcontinental railroad was called the

Selected Answer: Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.

• Question 6

10 out of 10 points

The national government contributed to the opening of the western portion of the United States by

Selected Answer: All of the above

• Question 7

10 out of 10 points

Governmental regulation must be based on economic necessity and on legal authority. With respect to the regulation of railroads, economic necessity relates to controlling the

Selected Answer: All of the above

• Question 8

10 out of 10 points

Union militancy reached its peak in the strike known as the

Selected Answer: Pullman strike.

• Question 9

10 out of 10 points

The transcontinental railroad was built

Selected Answer: both during and after the Civil War.

• Question 10

10 out of 10 points

Railroad mileage reached its most extensive in...