In general, the effects of trusts and monopolies on American business have been positive, in that they have created an environment in which they can thrive. This means, however, that they have been mostly negative for consumers, because competition is reduced.
<span> regulate commerce in both the North and the South, but could not yet regulate the slave trade.</span>
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The industrialization was different...Europe was further advanced in industry than America was.