why were Antitrust laws were enacted ?
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 remains the most important.Trusts and Monopolies. A trust was an arrangement by which stockholders in several companies transferred their shares to a single set of trustees.he Sherman Antitrust Act was the first measure enacted by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts (or monopolies of any type).