The sherman antitrust act was difficult to support in court because its terms were hard to understand. penalties were not strong enough. definition of monopolies was not clear. penalties were too strong

Its terms were hard to understand  is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The Sherman Antitrust Act was a legislation that was passed in 1890, it outlawed cartels and monopolies to increase economic competitiveness. It was also meant for regulating interstate commerce and hinder the use of trusts as tool for creating monopolies over key industries and getting in hands of few individuals and artificial raising of prices. But when federal government started filing cases under this act very few were successful because the language of the bill was vague and it didn't clearly define the terms such as  “combination,”trust,”  “monopoly.” and “conspiracy"

b. major john c. frémont led a rebellion called the bear flag revolt.

explanation:

during the bear flag revolt, from june to july 1846, a small group of american settlers in california rebelled against the mexican government and proclaimed california an independent republic. the republic was short-lived because soon after the bear flag was raised, the u.s. military began occupying california, which went on to join the union in 1850. the bear flag became the official state flag in 1911.