sherman antitrust act

     

This antitrust act from 1890 was designed to prevent monopolies in American business

Trivia about sherman antitrust act

  • This act says, "Every person who shall monopolize... trade or commerce... shall be deemed guilty of a felony"
  • In the 1890s the U.S. government went after a sugar-refining monopoly under this new law
  • In 1904 this act was first applied to dissolve the Northern Securities Co., which was formed by a big merger

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