In Standard Oil v. U.S., the federal government wanted to break up a trust of companies that controlled up to 90 percent of the petroleum products market at the turn of the century. The government relied on which law to force this breakup?

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The Sherman Antitrust Act, passed in 1890, was the first federal law aimed at preventing monopolies and promoting competition. It prohibits contracts, combinations, and conspiracies to restrain trade or monopolize commerce, and provides the basis for the government's authority to break up monopolies and trusts like Standard Oil.

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