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The 23 pages that link to Sherman Antitrust Act, each with the reason it gives.

• Progressive EraRelated: Its early passage established a legal tool that Progressive presidents later used more actively.

• Antitrust lawBroader topic: It established the foundational federal prohibitions in American antitrust law.

• John D. RockefellerRelated: The Supreme Court used this statute to order Standard Oil’s breakup.

• Gilded AgeRelated: It marked an early federal response to concentrated corporate power.

• Standard OilRelated: The Supreme Court found Standard Oil’s conduct unlawful under this statute.

• AntitrustBroader topic: Its Sections 1 and 2 supply the core prohibitions applied in antitrust cases.

• J. P. MorganRelated: Its enforcement against Morgan-linked combinations put corporate consolidation under federal challenge.

• MuckrakerRelated: Reporting on Standard Oil helped focus public attention on corporate concentration.

• Motion Picture Patents CompanyRelated: Federal prosecutors relied on antitrust law to attack the trust’s coordinated control.

• Competition lawBroader topic: It established an early national statutory model for controlling monopolies and cartels.

• Robber baronRelated: It was an early federal response to public concern about trusts and concentrated corporate power.

• Paramount DecreeRelated: Federal prosecutors used antitrust law to challenge studio practices and theater ownership.

• Ida TarbellRelated: The law provided the legal basis for the federal case that ultimately dissolved Standard Oil.

• Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United StatesNarrower topic: The Court applied this statute to Standard Oil’s business practices.

• Holding companyRelated: Antitrust enforcement addressed combinations of companies controlled through ownership structures.

• Horizontal integrationRelated: The law provided an early federal basis for challenging combinations that restrained competition.

• Adolph ZukorRelated: Federal antitrust enforcement supplied the legal framework for challenges to Paramount’s industry practices.

• Rockefeller familyRelated: Federal antitrust enforcement culminated in the order breaking up Standard Oil.

• E. H. HarrimanRelated: Federal officials invoked the act against the railroad combination formed amid Harriman’s contest with James J. Hill.

• James Buchanan DukeRelated: It supplied the legal basis for dissolving Duke’s tobacco trust.

• John ShermanBroader topic: Sherman sponsored the landmark statute that bears his name.

• Kenesaw Mountain LandisRelated: Landis gained national notice through enforcement of federal antitrust law.

• Henry Huttleston RogersNarrower topic: The law supplied the legal basis for challenging Standard Oil’s market power.