Sherman Antitrust Act
United States 1890
Synopsis
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was Congress's first attempt to curb the monopolistic practices of large corporations, trusts, and other form...
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Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first and most significant of the U.S. antitrust laws, outlawed trusts and prohibited "illegal" monopolies. The act a...
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Following the Civil War, industrialism really took off in the United States. Before the war, the north had developed some industry but through reconstruction there was a big push to industrialize the...
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
