6-3 a monopoly is a business in control of its market by buying out smaller businesses in an area and setting prices high. John D. Rockefeller was one of the richest men in his time, he was in the oil business. A Trust was basically a monopoly. The Sherman Anti Trust Act was passed to break up monopolies. Vertical Integration was when a business did everything like owning their stores and railroads and other stuff like that. Labor Unions are groups that were created to get better wages and conditions for workers. Labor Unions didnt succeed at first because not many people were helping them.
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