Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first major piece of legislation against monopolies. The goal was to keep things competitive. They were trying to keep prices from rising due to a company or group of companies purposely withholding stock or goods to create an artificially high demand for a product and causing the price to rise.
The Great Depression was a worldwide catastrophe because the economic recession spread around the world and impacted many people in a variety of ways. The deep recession in the United States in Europe increased unemployment and resulted in deep economic turmoil. This spread around the world leaving economies weaker, trade weaker, and social well-being worse off.
In the golden age they gain wealth, by having a lot of riches cause they were very resourceful and traded alot of jewlery and gold
Women and children worked in textile Mills
