i dont understand? elaborate :)
Religion, manifest destiny, social gospel, social darwinism, etc. They tried to claim it was in the bible and also poor people were poor because they were uneducated and lazy and rich people were rich because they are educated and deserving of the wealth. Also the poor people needed to be "weeded" out because they were hurting our species.
Answer:
5 Congress enacted it in 1890 when monopolies were trusts. A group of companies would form a trust to fix prices low enough to drive competitors out of business. Once they had a monopoly on the market, they would raise prices to regain their profit. His monopoly allowed him to control the price of oil.