2. What was the American Sugar Refining Company? Why did the US Government take American Sugar to court?

First part of the question: The American Sugar Refining Company was the largest American business unit in the sugar refining industry in the early 1900s. Second part of the question: American Sugar bought out four other sugar refineries, increasing its control over national sugar production to 98 percent. In response, the U.S. government sought to invalidate American Sugar's purchase in a lower federal court on the grounds that it violated the Sherman Act.

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