The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first and most significant of the U.S. antitrust laws, outlawed trusts and prohibited "illegal" monopolies. The act applies to both domestic companies and foreign companies doing business in the...

United States 1890 The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was Congress's first attempt to curb the monopolistic practices of large corporations, trusts, and other forms of business organization. In the following decades, however, the Sherman Act was...

The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act[1], July 2, 1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. § 1–7), was the first United States government action to limit cartels and monopolies. It is the oldest of all federal U.S. antitrust laws....

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The Sherman Antitrust Act was made into law in 1890. Its purpose was to prevent monopolies by stopping anyone from restricting the flow of trade. However, during its early years it was used quite oppositely in the courts. At first, the Sherman Antitrust Act protected big business and shot down organized labor. In Homestead, Pennsylvania in 1892, steel workers experienced a lockout.