<span>No. The Confederates committed treason when they revolted against the Union. The Southern leaders did not have the legal authority or legal justification to 'secede' from the Union. Once admitted to the Union they were without power to unilaterally secede.</span>
<span>The groupings are called Diagnosis-related Group which is short for DRG. It is a system in place that classifies hospital cases into up into approximately 500 groups. The main purpose of these groups is to identify the products that the hospital provides.</span>
<span>The British were occupying Philadelphia for the winter. The American Army needed to keep an eye on them and prevent them from foraging in the countryside for food they needed
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To restrict monopolies and to encourage economic competition.
The Sherman Anti-trust Act was an economic policy put into place to promote competition in the economy. The law prevented restrictions to trade between states or foreign trade as well as restricted monopolies.
The Sherman Ant-trust Act was put into place to prevent the monopolies occurring as a result of corporate buy outs and corrupt practices by the industrial titans. Men like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and JP Morgan were buying out small businesses both within their industry and across industries. The power of these men allowed them to set prices wherever they wanted and many smaller businesses and dependent industries suffered due to monopolies.
Established a republic government system similar to that of the U.S