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-to place a ban on monopolies in the U.S. (A+)

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Q: What was the purpose of Sherman's antitrust act?
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What was the effect of the shermans antitrust act?

The federal government won the power to prevent monopolies and mergers that interfered with trade between states . =)


What was the purpose of the Clayton antitrust act?

the provent monopkt


What was the major purpose of the sherman antitrust act and the clayton antitrust act?

The Interstate Commerce Commission was to monitor railroad operations. The Sherman Antitrust Act was to break up bad trusts that were affecting the economy. But, it was ineffective because there was no definition as to what a trust or bad trust was. So it was later replaced witht eh Clayton Antitrust Act.


What was the purpose of the Clayton Antitrust Act 1914?

the provent monopkt


What are Antitrust Laws?

The general purpose of both state and federal antitrust laws been enacted primarily for the purpose of maintaining a competitive and fair market place. The Competition Act is the Canadian law,has the same function The purpose of this Act is to maintain and encourage competition in Canada in order to promote the efficiency and adaptability of the Canadian economy


What was the purpose of the act of Sherman antitrust?

to prevent companies from restraining trade -to place a ban on monopolies in the U.S. (A+)


What were two antitrust laws?

There are three major federal antitrust laws: The Sherman Antitrust Act, the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act.


How did the Supreme Court limit the scope of the Sherman antitrust act?

The U.S. v. E.C. Knight


Four major antitrust laws?

1. sherman Antitrust act 2. Clayton Antitrust Act 3. Federal trade Commision Act 4. Robinson Patman Act


Antitrust act protecting unions from big business?

Clayton Antitrust Act


What was the difference between the Sherman act and Clayton antitrust acts?

The Clayton Antitrust Act was intended to stop trusts from ever forming.apex=)


In 1890 the US passed the sherman antitrust act what was the purpose of the act?

The Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890 to promote fair competition and prevent monopolies in business. It sought to prevent large corporations from engaging in practices that could harm consumers or limit competition in the marketplace.