This three-page undergraduate paper examines the Clayton Act of 1914. The author notes that it supplemented the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 by clarifying market activities that were considered to be monopolistic or trade-restraining. It was passed
into law in response to an economic background in the United States that featured uncontrolled and unregulated business practices. Its purpose has been to expand the federal governments role in regulating unfair business practices and to establish a legal foundation for the regulation of business competition.
