After seeing certain businesses control the majority of a particular commerce, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was introduced to the country preventing corporations from controlling the majority of an industry. ... Because many Americans blamed this on the economy being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations, the populist movement gained traction by promising to help mainstream Americans financially. ...

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American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. It's a memorable stage of time that companies were infamous for involved into foreign scandal that was written in history. More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictators, manipulated government to gain enormous privilege in that region and left behind labor unrest and economic crisis. The term "Banana Republic" was first used to describe small, poor and unstable country with widespread corruption by O. Henry, in his novel 'Cabbages and K...

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