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Sherman Anti-Trust Act
first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit monopolies. -
Anti-Saloon League
formed adding to the force of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union -
Erdman Act
prohibited discrimination against railroad workers because of union membership and provided for mediation of railway labor disputes . -
JP Morgan
President Roosevelt takes J.P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in his “trust-busting” efforts to break up Big business monopolies.
