According to the key provisions of the sherman antitrust act, trusts and monopolies were

According to the key provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act, trusts and monopolies were "illegal."

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that banned monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.

It received its name for Senator John Sherman of Ohio, who served as a chairman of the Senate finance committee and the Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes.

polling is a process and the outcome is not involved in the process itself.

the outcome, which is an unfavorable rating for a particular candidate is not affected by the mechanical process of polling.

it rather depends on the number of people voting in favor of the candidate.

this is an outcome of people's preferences.