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jan 1, 1890 - Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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Passed in order to regulate monopolies; gave the federal government the power to break up monopolies and oligopolies; weakened by the courts in 1895

outlawed "combinations in restraint of trade"

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jan 1, 1890
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~ 136 years ago

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