The Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act
A. are just different names for the same thing: a law proposed by Sherman to establish the Federal Trade Commission.
B. are quite different, with the FTC Act focusing on stopping deceptive business practices and the Sherman Act focusing on controlling monopolies.
C. are not taken seriously, since there are no penalties for violations.
D. were passed to make it difficult for small companies to win customers away from large companies.
E. were passed to protect consumers from abuses by business, rather than to protect some businesses from others who had an "unfair" advantage.
Answer: B
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