The Sherman Act and the Clayton Act:
A) were intended to protect small producers.
B) were aimed at efforts to restrain trade or lessen competition.
C) were passed before the Depression of the 1930s.
D) All of these are correct.

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The Sherman Act (1890) and the Clayton Act (1914) were both antitrust laws aimed at promoting fair competition for the benefit of consumers, protecting small producers from being squeezed out by larger competitors, and preventing efforts to restrain trade or lessen competition. Both were indeed passed before the Depression of the 1930s, making all the given statements correct.