Tag: Standard Oil

• Know Your History: Rockefeller Breaks Up & Gets Richer

  In 1912, after decades of pummeling the competition with unfair business practices and intimidation, the oil titan, John D. Rockefeller, sat and listened as a federal court dismantled his empire right in front of his eyes. Buoyed by the Sherman Anti-Trust act of a few years earlier, the government was finally ready to take on…

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  October 2, 2015

  History & Culture, Know Your History

  anti-trust, carnegie, Gilded Age, JP Morgan, Robber Barons, Rockefeller, Roosevelt, sherman anti-trust, Standard Oil

• Historical Snippet: The Robber Barons

  Did you ever wonder if the Robber Barons really did earn their reputation?  Well, try these few individuals on for size. Only a mild examination of the Gilded Age gives many vivid illustrations of how the Robber Barons rightfully earned such a disreputable distinction.  The expansion of the railroad led to numerous opportunities for the…

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  March 22, 2013

  History & Culture, USA

  Gilded Age, J.D. Rockefeller, Jay Cooke, Jay Gould, Joseph Huntington, monopoly, Robber Barons, Standard Oil