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As the influence of large corporations spread in the age of big business, push-back was inevitable. Read about the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the government's attempts to rein in the laissez-faire attitudes of corporations and the lack of competition in many different industries. See how the act was applied to the nation's largest corporation, Standard Oil. [pdf]
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lack of competition, rebates, restraint of trade, trade regulation, american sugar company, digital history, federal government contol, interstate commerce act, sherman anti-trust act, standard oil, u.s. v e.c. knight, u.s. v standard oil, famous supreme court decisions, sherman antitrust act (1890)
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