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  2. May 29, 2018 · In the decades after the Civil War this buzzing, frenetic activity formed the backdrop for the emergence of a new way of organizing business on an unprecedented large scale: the business trust. The instrument that devised this innovation was the Standard Oil Company, led by John D. Rockefeller. Growth.

  3. Feb 24, 2021 · By 1878 — after just 8 years — Standard Oil had grown from controlling 4% to 95% of the entire oil business in the United States. Over the subsequent decades the size and market share of Standard Oil began to draw the ire of the American public and legislature. 2

  4. Jul 16, 2021 · A Brief History Of Gasoline: How Standard Oil Built Its Toxic Monopoly. Standard gave the government every piece of evidence on how corporations lie, cheat, and poison the country. It's still...

  5. From 1870 to 1911, the Standard Oil Company and Trust held control of the United States’s entire oil production. This included oil processing, marketing, and transportation. The company was created and built by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.

  6. This work explores how seven companies came to dominate the oil industry by the 1940s, after anti-trust laws forced Standard Oil into 34 different companies. Short histories of each of Seven Sisters are located in chapters three and four.

  7. The Standard Oil Company, typically excoriated and condemned in junior high and high school textbooks, was, in fact, an excellent example of American ingenuity and efficiency, and provided considerable benefits to the great mass of consumers.

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