History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0780 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Northern Securities
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The idea
In nineteen oh two Roosevelt filed suit against the Northern Securities Company, a railroad holding company in which bankers including J. P. Morgan held a controlling share.
In practice
The Supreme Court breaking up the company in nineteen oh four, by five votes to four.
Where people slip
The Sherman Act of unit five, long unenforced, finally had a president willing to use it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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