History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0752 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tarbell and Standard Oil
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The idea
Ida Tarbell exposed the ruthless methods of Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and Henry Demarest Lloyd attacked the same company in Wealth Against Commonwealth in eighteen ninety-four.
In practice
The price wars and rebates of unit three, laid out for the reading public.
Where people slip
The Yawp says Tarbell described Standard Oil's ruthlessness and its taste for political corruption.
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