The First Important Law Regulating Monopolies in the United States

question 101

Multiple Choice

The first important law regulating monopolies in the United States was

• A)the Grant Act, which was passed in 1890.
• B)the Clayton Act, which was passed in 1890.
• C)the Sherman Act, which was passed in 1890.
• D)the Federal Trade Commission Act, which was passed in 1914.

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Definitions:

Rosa Parks

An African American civil rights activist, whose refusal to give up her bus seat in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement.

Bus

A large motor vehicle designed to carry multiple passengers, commonly used for public transportation.

White Person

An individual belonging to a racial group characterized mainly by a light complexion; often associated with people of European descent.

Homer Plessy

The plaintiff in the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal."