The supreme court ruled in the northern securities trust case that the
a. monopoly was illegal and the trust should be broken up
b. monopoly was legal and could continue business
c. government should ignore trusts
d. government should encourage monopolies

Correct

A. Monopoly was illegal and the trust should be broken up

Because they were combining powers in the stock market there was a monopolization during that time. The company Northern Securities Company was formed to control the stock of its main railway properties. In the year 1903 the Supreme Court of the USA determined that the monopoly was illegal and ruled against the shareholders of the railway companies of the Great North and the North Pacific and ordered the dissolution of the Northern Securities Company.

according to romans 13: 1-7, 1st peter 2: 12-14, and 1 timothy 2: 1-4, christians as citizens have specific responsibilities to a nation that gives liberties to its people. christians are obliged to live as good citizens by submitting to the human government. honor, or respect, is due to men in the high governmental station. a christian should reflect such respect not to gain some favor but because it is god’s will. peter 2: 14 notes that the purpose of the human government is to promote peace and justice in society. to submit to human government, peter includes three elements; obedience, respect, and good deeds.