In the Case of Wabash, St

question 32

Multiple Choice

In the case of Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois, the U.S. Supreme Court held that state legislatures could NOT regulate railroads because

• A) the U.S. Constitution did not permit the government to regulate private industry.
• B) the state legislatures were acting on behalf of private interest, Illinois farmers.
• C) the state legislatures had provided the railroad company with state regulatory exemptions when land grant legislation was enacted to help create the railroad.
• D) railroad executives had committed no illegal acts in their business.
• E) railroads were interstate businesses and could not be regulated by any single state.

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Definitions:

Adult Phobias

Intense, irrational fears experienced by adults, often rooted in past experiences or triggered by specific objects or situations.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, through which an association is made between a behavior and a consequence for that behavior.

Behaviorists

Psychologists who focus on observable behaviors and the ways in which learning influences behavior, often through conditioning.

B. F. Skinner

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