Question

What was the name of the Act that Theodore Roosevelt utilized to take on robber barons that he felt were competing unfairly?

Answer 1

The Sherman Antitrust Act

Step-by-step explanation:

"In 1902, Roosevelt ordered the Justice Department to take legal action against certain trusts that had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act."

Answer 2

Sherman Antitrust

Step-by-step explanation:

The Sherman Act outlaws "every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade," and any "monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize." Long ago, the Supreme Court decided that the Sherman Act does not prohibit every restraint of trade, only those that are.