Government Regulation Agencies (Econ)

protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraint and monopoly.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• Magna Carta

• New Deal

prohibited or limited a number of specific businesses that lessened competition.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Trust Buster

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• Securities Exchange Commission

Regulates product warranties, unfair methods of competition in interstate commerce, and fraud in advertising.

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Clayton Anti-Trust Act

• Natural Monopoly

• Federal Trade Commission

Regulates purity and safety of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

• pure Food and Drug Act

• New Deal

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Works Progress Administration

Regulates television, radio, telegraph, and telephone.  Creates and enforces rules of behavior for broadcasting.

• TVA

• pure food and drug act

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• Federal Communications Act

Regulates the sale of stocks, bonds, and other investments.

• Federal Deposit Insurance Cooporation

• Securities Exchange Commission

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Social Security

Responsible for working to reduce workplace discrimination based on religion, gender, race, national origin, or age.

• Title IX

• Title IV

• Equal Opportunity Commission

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

makes sure that businesses provide workers with safe and healthful working conditions.

• Environmental Protection Agency

• 19th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Develops and enforces environmental standards for air, water, and toxic waste.

• Works Progress Administration

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Broadcasting Agency

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission