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U.S. Corporate Consolidation and the Robber Barons (1870–1914)

U.S. Corporate Consolidation and the Robber Barons (1870–1914)

  1. Wabash decision limits state rate regulation

    Labels: Wabash v, Supreme Court
  2. Standard Oil Trust ordered dissolved by Ohio

    Labels: Standard Oil, Ohio Supreme
  3. E. C. Knight limits early Sherman enforcement

    Labels: E C, Supreme Court
  4. Northern Securities organized as railroad holding company

    Labels: Northern Securities, railroad holding
  5. Supreme Court orders Northern Securities dissolved

    Labels: Northern Securities, Supreme Court
  6. Hepburn Act expands ICC rate-setting powers

    Labels: Hepburn Act, Interstate Commerce
  7. Mann–Elkins Act further strengthens federal regulation

    Labels: Mann Elkins, Interstate Commerce
  8. Supreme Court orders Standard Oil breakup

    Labels: Standard Oil, Supreme Court
  9. Federal Trade Commission established

    Labels: Federal Trade, Woodrow Wilson
  10. Clayton Antitrust Act enacted

    Labels: Clayton Act