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    In the late 1800s, several businesses and industries arose. With a large number of new businesses and industries came various business techniques and innovations. These business techniques and innovations included consolidation, vertical integration, horizontal integration, trusts, and monopolization. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and other captains of industry all used and practically created the listed business techniques. Consolidation is the act of combining smaller companies to…

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    and real estate advisory services as well as many other services. The company the company in the scandal was Weatherford International is one of the biggest multinational oil and natural gas service companies. It provides varies services and products such as for drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention of oil and natural gas wells. The scandal on Ernst & Young LLP, it involved the violations of federal security laws and unprofessional conduct. According to records Ernst &…

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    the railroads and eventually owning up to 40% of all the railroads in the United States. It also detailed Vanderbilts early life by showing that he was a tough, self made man who didn’t mind fighting dirty. Next was John D. Rockefeller, who was an oil man from Ohio. He was a man of utmost faith who believed that everything was preordained by god. Vanderbilt…

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    is considered to be one of the wealthiest American men ever. After many small business encounters throughout his early years, Rockefeller and associates founded Standard Oil Company. He dominated the oil industry for about 27 years. At one point of his career, Rockefeller controlled about 90% of all oil in the United States. Standard Oil Company had become the first great business trust in the US. After being forced to dismantle his company, Rockefeller focused on Philanthropy. He founded the…

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    The development of the American economy after the Civil War was very sporadic, and contained both good and bad throughout the whole of the development. Because of the development of the economy, the economy today is much better than it was then. Then, monopolies of industries were common, but were also quite hated because of many restrictions placed on employees of those who monopolized industries. Men who controlled industries, and their economies, were appropriately named “Captains of the…

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    The Populist Movement

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    inventions and innovations aided the creation of new businesses in a variety of fields, including manufactured ice for long distance food transportation, large corporations began to stabilize monopolies on certain industries such as the railroad, steel and oil. In result, small business could not stand a chance against the monopolized, structured, and wealthy corporations. Furthermore, these corporations were financially aided by the government excessively,…

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    How Did Rockefeller Wrong

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    Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil Company, and become one heck of a rich man. In 1863 Rockefeller invested in Cleveland, Ohio, Refinery, for then-fledgling oil. He controlled most of the refineries in the US. They thought he was doing unethical practices, to gain monopoly industries. They had found, the Standard Oil Company in violation, of antitrust laws, and ordered it to be dissolve. Rockefeller was born to a traveling salesman. He always did little side jobs, from selling…

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    size and scale. There were three major businesses during the Industrial Revolution; the railroad, oil, and steel industries. With the rise of these three major businesses there were many prosperous effects but there were also many repercussions of the growing businesses. John D Rockefeller and his company, Standard Oil, controlled the oil industry. With this company he controlled 90 percent of all oil manufacturing.…

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    Reformers have always challenged the government in some way and during the Progressive Era their ideas were able to influence the U.S. on a national level. Women were quite determined to be treated rightfully and fought for many other social, economic, and political issues. The Progressive Era from 1900-1920 was a response to a multitude of injustices which were caused by rapid industrialization and urbanization. Many Americans were in fear of the economic and political power that the upper…

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    The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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    The Supreme Court declared this adaptable tenet, called the Rule of Reason, in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. the United States, 221 U.S. 1, 31 S. Ct. 502, 55 L. Ed. 619 (1911). Under the Rule of Reason, the courts will look to various components in choosing whether the specific limitation of exchange absurdly confines rivalry. In…

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