What was the goal of Congress when it passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up corporate trusts? to remove government regulation from businesses to return private competition to the marketplace to lower taxes on small and medium businesses to prevent politicians from investing in businesses to increase laissez-faire ideals in the marketplace

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Azul Guerrero

1 December, 23:25

What was the goal of Congress when it passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up corporate trusts? to remove government regulation from businesses to return private competition to the marketplace to lower taxes on small and medium businesses to prevent politicians from investing in businesses to increase laissez-faire ideals in the marketplace

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Madalyn Villanueva · Answer 1

The goal of Congress when it passed the Sherman Antitrust Act to break up corporate trusts was "to return private competition to the marketplace," since "trust" in this case is just another term for "monopoly".