What was the purpose of the sherman antitrust act?

a. to prevent companies from restraining trade

b. to prevent companies from trading across state lines

c. to prevent companies from hiring labor unions

d. to prevent companies from using railroads

A. To prevent companies from restraining trade.

Explanation:

The Sherman Antitrust Act was issued on July 2, 1890, by Senator John Sherman. The purpose of this act was keep all the free business competition, and made it illegal to control the commerce and/or trade.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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