[DOC] [TLE] Sherman Antitrust Act - Wikipedia [PAR] The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark federal statute in the history of United 
States antitrust law (or "competition law") passed by Congress in 1890. ... The law 
attempts to prevent the artificial raising of prices by restriction of trade or supply. 
... each other in an effort to prevent businesses from violating the spirit of the Act,
... [DOC] [TLE] Sherman Antitrust Act and monopolies - The Linux Information Project [PAR] Jun 17, 2004 ... The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. 
Congress to prohibit abusive monopolies, and in some ways it... [DOC] [TLE] Our Documents - Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890) [PAR] The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. 
Congress ... The Sherman Antitrust Act was based on the constitutional power of 
Congress to ... This allowed the Standard Oil to function as a monopoly since the 
nine ... In the late 1990s, in another effort to ensure a competitive free market 
system,... [DOC] [TLE] Sherman Antitrust Act facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 (15 U.S.C.A.  1 et seq.) ... The trusts found 
that through consolidation they could charge monopoly prices and ... In effect, 
Congress passed the problem of enforcing the law to the executive branch, and 
... During the 1920s, enforcement efforts were more modest, and during much of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 | IIP Digital [PAR] Apr 3, 2008 ... In 1890, the United States pioneered competition law and significantly ... The U.S. 
Congress passed the statute in a time of turbulent industrial ... time, entire 
industries were increasingly controlled by monopolies or cartels. ... But efforts by 
progressives to break up trusts failed because, like Standard Oil at... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about CONGRESS - StudyStack [PAR] IN AN EFFORT TO CURB MONOPOLIES, CONGRESS PASSED THIS ACT IN 
1890 ... AN 1890 ACT OF CONGRESS SAYS THESE CAN BE REDESIGNED NO
... [DOC] [TLE] Progressive Era Timeline - Windsor Central School District [PAR] With only one dissenting vote, Congress passes the Sherman. Anti-Trust Act, 
which ... The act is the first by the federal government to curb monopolies. 1890. 
Jacob Riis ... office, Roosevelt uses the act in an ongoing effort to break up 
business... [DOC] [TLE] Trust Busting and Government Regulations on Economy & Industry ... [PAR] Once monopolies and trusts were established, consumers were often forced to ... 
Under his direction, 44 antitrust lawsuits were filed, in an effort to prevent bad 
trusts ... Act (1890) by identifying specific illegal practices and business 
combinations that ... A series of federal laws were enacted by Congress to better 
regulate the... [DOC] [TLE] What Is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Clayton Act? [PAR] In response to these monopolies, cartels, and trusts, Congress passed two major 
... Passed in 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was the first major legislation ... 
Other parts of the Clayton Act are designed to proactively prevent anti-trust issues
. [DOC] [TLE] Antitrust | Wex Legal Dictionary / Encyclopedia | LII / Legal ... [PAR] Trusts and monopolies are concentrations of economic power in the hands of a 
few. ... because it leads to anticompetitive practices in an effort to obtain or 
maintain total control. ... free market economy, Congress passed the Sherman 
Antitrust Act in 1890 to ... Congress derived its power to pass the Sherman Act 
through its... [DOC] [TLE] Congress and the Sherman Antitrust Law: 1887-1890 [PAR] regard the Sherman Act as an effort to enforce that orthodoxy. 2 Others less ... No 
one denies that Congress passed the Sherman Act in response to real ..... guild 
was a monopoly, since it could prevent everyone but its members from following
... [DOC] [TLE] Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 [PAR] The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, July 2, 1890, ch. ... the first measure 
enacted by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts (or monopolies of any type). ... It 
was passed by an overwhelming vote of

Question: In an effort to curb monopolies, Congress passed this act in 1890
Answer: the Sherman Anti-Trust Act