Which government agency was created to regulate the railroads?
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
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One of the broadest acts of presidential power happened on this day in 1917, when President Woodrow Wilson issued an order for the federal government to nationalize the entire railroad system during World War I.
The industrialized Union possessed an enormous advantage over the Confederacy — they had 20,000 miles of railroad track, more than double the Confederacy's 9,000 miles.
Still, many skilled workers were leaving the cash-poor railroads to work in the booming armaments industry or to enlist in the war effort. By the end of 1917, it seemed that the existing railroad system was not up to the task of supporting the war effort and Wilson decided on nationalization.
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