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Elkins Act
This act was passed to stop the practice of rebates, refunds for large businesses that shipped large shipments; and it was named after Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia; and it is a federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. -
Devils Tower
In 1906 there was an Act that was past called “The Antiquities Act of June 1906” which set aside any area of land that the President sees as a historical or scientific interest. Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument. -
Energy crisis
when an oil embargo imposed by members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) led to fuel shortages and sky-high prices throughout much of the decade.
