Teddy Roosevelt: Trust Buster

Clayton Antitrust Act

A 1914 law that strengthened previous antitrust legislation

Monopoly

Another term for trust

Sherman Antitrust Act

Law that Standard Oil was in violation of

Problems with the Sherman Antitrust Act

Loopholes, vague language, and the continuation of trusts

Ida Tarbell

Muckraker who publicly disparaged Rockefeller

Theodore Roosevelt

President known for "trust-busting"

Woodrow Wilson

President that helped pass the Clayton Antitrust Act

Standard Oil

The company the Supreme Court ordered to break up in 1911

Public Outrage

The effect of muckraker's work on Rockefeller and Standard Oil

Bad Trusts

Those destroyed with the help of Teddy Roosevelt

Good Trusts

Those kept around by Teddy Roosevelt

34 Independent Companies

What Standard Oil became after the Supreme Court decision