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What was unique about the Interstate Commerce Commission?
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It was the first federal agency to grant homesteading rights.

It was the first federal agency to establish settlement houses.

It was the first federal agency to regulate an industry.

It was the first federal agency to negotiate with labor unions.

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It was the first federal agency to regulate an industry.

The Interstate Commerce Commission (created in 1887) was the first federal regulatory agency, established to oversee and regulate the railroad industry.