1. In the United States, the main purpose of antitrust legislation is to <span>increase competition in business. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "b".
2. </span>After the Civil War, one way business leaders tried to eliminate competition was by forming monopolies or trusts. <span>The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the first option or option "a".</span>
The Battle of Vicksburg, which concluded on July 3, 1863, only one day after the Battle of Gettysburg, gave the Confederate army control of the Mississippi and divided confederate forces East and West.
This case supported the existence of Jim Crow Laws because their decision was "separate but equal". The Jim Crow Laws were based on "separate but equal". For instance, blacks and whites had the same bathroom, but they had two separate ones.
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The Great Depression caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and acute deflation in almost every country of the world.
