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How Theodore Roosevelt Forced Standard Oil Into Court | Full Documentary

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The epic battle between the most powerful president of the Progressive Era and the most dominant monopoly in American history. Theodore Roosevelt, the trust-busting cowboy president, took on John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company - a colossus that controlled over 90% of America's oil refining. This is the story of how one man's relentless crusade dismantled the greatest corporate empire the world had ever seen, forever changing the relationship between government and big business in the United States.