Teddy Roosevelt the Trustbuster - Breaking Standard - US History - Part 3 - Extra History

The year is 1908. Teddy Roosevelt wins the election in a landslide, one of the biggest in American history. And as black gold flows over Kentucky all the way down to Louisiana, Standard Oil starts overreaching. Ida Tarbell goes down to help catalog the way Standard Oil circumvented anti-trust laws but this time, she has the government behind her. James Rudolph Garfield, Roosevelt's Secretary of Interior, was following Ida Tarbell's reporting and finally, there's enough to drag Standard before the courts. But will it be enough to break up these gigantic titans? Or is Teddy going to need something a little stronger?

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♪ Outro Music: "Monopolies" by Tiffany Roman

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[TheNinjaDC]

"The supreme court ruled 8-1, with the 1 wanting a harsher ruling."
I mean, damn. That's legal savage. o.o

[dylandarnell]

Rockerfeller: "I've paid you a small fortune."
Teddy Roosevelt: "And you think this gives you power over me?"

[buttersbb]

A politician that goes after corrupt companies, even if they donated to his campaign? What a concept!

[tamirj.b.n]

"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
One of the best quotes to ever exist
By one of the best people to ever exist

[KHMakerD]

“Standard Oil is gloat—Wait...who’s that behind him?! OH IT’S TEDDY ROOSEVELT WITH THE CHAIR!!!”

[carboy]

Trusts: Here’s some money, don’t beat me up
Teddy: *uses the money to buy a baseball bat*

[liliththesolarexalted]

Teddy is the kind of leader we always need in difficult times.

[thismuricanboi]

Teddy Roosevelt: *Wins election*
Monopolies: “Why do I hear boss music?”

[Hussam_B]

Alton Parker: *Makes up lie about Teddy shaking down corporations for donations*
Teddy Roosevelt: *Challenges to provide evidence*
Alton Parker: *Is embarrassed and retracts claims*

Guess that was a different time, huh?

[Mattthijssss]

I whish more people knew how great Teddy really was, he could inspire some folks to do great things!

[harrisonlee]

"Bureau of Corporations" sounds like a great Pet Shop Boys song.

[jrm]

The various pieces of Standard Oil recombining reminds me a lot about how "Ma Bell" AT&T slowly recombined in the past 30 years after being broken up in the '80s.

[chasemoss]

Do one on the coal miners rights. Battle of Blair Mountain, Mother Jones, etc.

[michaelsinger]

Teddy Roosevelt, he truly was the most interesting man in the world.

[HorribleSonofa]

Leaders in recent times do “trust breaking” with a different meaning.

[TycoonTitian]

That was the most intense choo choo i have ever heard.

[thesudaneseprince]

WHAT THE HELL! THE SENILE ACT WAS A CEO TRICK EVEN BACK THEN. God that makes me think of Zuckerberg and every other CEO put before a committee.

[thedarkgenious]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that response from Rockafeller when he knew the company was going to get broken up? being prepped in such a way that he proceeded to quadruple his wealth from something meant to weaken his company, becoming the first billionaire in the process, is impressive, no matter how much you might dislike the man and his practices.

[tommyfox]

Roosevelt smashing a folding chair into Standard? My apologies if this is criticism but wouldn't he be smashing into Standard on a spiked wrecking ball? The man loves to be a badars.

[kckc]

We could use another Roosevelt. I’d take either one right now.