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