Works Cited Primary Sources Books Tarbell, Ida M. The History of the Standard Oil Company.

London: Heineman, 1905. This book was a key source in learning about the investigations launched into Standard Oil. It provides a look into the corruption behind Standard Oil's tactics to growing in power, and also gives insight to why they were forced to disassemble. Documents Thinkexist.com. 22 Jan. 2014 <http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_would_rather_earn-off_a people-s_efforts_than/264562.html>. This source provided a few quotes from John D. Rockefeller that show that his hypocritical attitude contradicts his actual practices. Rockefeller, John. "John D. Rockefeller Quotes."http://www.brainyquote.com/. BookRags Media Network , n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_d_rockefeller.html>. This website has quotes spoken by Rockefeller himself, which would very useful in analyzing his thoughts about his business tactics, and depicting his overall mindset regarding his tactics. Tarbell, Ida. "Ida Tarbell Quotes."http://www.brainyquote.com/. BookRags Media Network , n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/ida_tarbell.html>. This website has quotes regarding Ida Tarbell, which would be effective in analyzing the mindset of the journalist and her affect on the company. Images

Jepsen, Chris. 2011. Photograph. http://ochistorical.blogspot.com/Web. 22 Jan 2014. <http://ochistorical.blogspot.com/2011/01/kerfuffle-at-dwyer-middle-school.html>. This is a picture of oil wells surrounding a school, which would be important in explaining the power of the company to be able to do literally whatever they want to do. John D., Rockefeller. Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate. 1911. Photograph. n.p. Web. 21 Jan 2014. <http://www.standardoiltrust.com/>. This photograph is the certificate that John D. Rockefeller signed in order to approve the Standard Oil Companys stock shares. This picture also gave us knowledge of the stock shares themselves. Standard Oil Logo. 2012. Photograph. http://grovesapush.wikispaces.com/Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://grovesapush.wikispaces.com/Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.>. This website provides a picture of the Standard Oil Company, which would be useful in depicting how the company portrays itself. Rockefeller, John. "John D. Rockefeller Quotes."http://www.brainyquote.com/. BookRags Media Network , n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_d_rockefeller.html>. This website has quotes spoken by Rockefeller himself, which would very useful in analyzing his thoughts about his business tactics, and depicting his overall mindset regarding his tactics. Tarbell, Ida. FLEET OF OIL BOATS AT OIL CITY IN 1864. 1864. Photograph. http://www.pagetutor.com/Web. 22 Jan 2014. <http://www.pagetutor.com/standard/chapter05_part2.html>.

This is a picture of a refinery of Standard Oil. This will be useful in portraying the condition of the refineries in the late 1800s. "U.S. Supreme Court Case of the Standard Oil Anti-trust case." Christian Science Monitor [Boston] 16 May 1911, 1-14. Print. <http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/582012?imagelist=1>. This is the original newspaper by the Christian Science Monitor explaining the Standard Oil Company Case and the courts ruling over it. Through this newspaper we got relevant information that helped us better understand the subject. Warner, Bryan. John D. Rockefeller. 2013. Photograph. celebrity networthWeb. 21 Jan 2014. <http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/25-richest-peoplelived-inflation-adjusted/?_escaped_fragment_=/3-john-d-rockefeller-net_1017/>. This is a photograph of John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil which we used for the landed page on the John tab on our website. Political Cartoons Cartoon. Http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/. Thesis, 2012. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. <http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/cleveland-massacre-standard-oil-makes-firstattack/>. This is a cartoon of the standard oil company as an all encompassing octopus. The cartoon will help in analyzing the scope of the corporations power in the economy of the United States. Cartoon. Http://jgronseth.hubpages.com/. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. <http://jgronseth.hubpages.com/hub/Decisions-That-Affect-Our-Lives-Part-II>. This is a cartoon depicting the Standard as a monopoly which controls the oil refineries. This would be helpful in depicting the extent of the Standards power. Company

Keppler, Udo. "Next!" Cartoon. Http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/. National Humanities Center, 2005. Web. 18 Jan. 2014. <http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/power/text1/octopusimages.pdf>. This cartoon was used to satire the overwhelming monopoly of the oil industry, and therefore the Sherman Act was established in order to prevent such monopolies to occur. The cartoon was important to this project since it shows why the Sherman Act was so important. "King of the World." Cartoon. Http://explorepahistory.com/. Puck Magazine, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2014. <http://explorepahistory.com/imagegallery.php?gallery_id=1-73A&bcolor=Red&display_image=1&imgId=1-2-1936>. This is a political cartoon portraying Rockefeller as the king of the railroad, which he was, since he made them ship mostly to his refineries. This political cartoon will be helpful in analyzing the Standards power and the effects of the power. Taylor, Horace. What a Funny Little Government. 1899. Photograph. apus-b gilded ageWeb. 20 Jan 2014. <http://apus-b.wikispaces.com/gilded age political cartoons>. This picture is a political cartoon over John D. Rockefeller, which portrayed Rockefellers involvement in monopoly with his oil industry. Secondary Sources Books Gavil, Andrew I., William E. Kovacic, and Jonathan B. Baker. Antitrust Law in Perspective: Cases, Concepts, and Problems in Competition Policy. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2002. Print.

The Second Edition of Antitrust Law in Perspective covers court cases in which the antitrust laws were violated and analyzed. The Antitrust Law book analyzed conspiracies between competitors, presents the rights of businesses and rights of consumers, and the use of economics to analyze antitrust cases and issues. Geisst, Charles. Monopolies in America. New York City: Oxford, 2000. 8. Print. This book helped us understand what a monopoly is which was relevant to our topic since the Standard Oil Company was a monopoly itself. Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People . New York City: Harper Perennial, 1997. 559562. Print. This book gives detailed information on the origin of trusts. This information will be useful in describing the origins of the Standard Oil trust, and why they had even formed the trust. Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People . New York City: Harper Perennial, 1997. 602. Print. This section of the book describes the effects of Ida Tarbells articles and her history, which relates to the reason why she published her journals. This information will help in describing how the Standard Oil Trust eventually dispersed through Ida Tarbells work. Johnson, Paul. A History of the American People . New York City: Harper Perennial, 1997. 559562. Print. This is a quote of John Marshall, which would be useful in analyzing the American ideology o business and law. The Story of the American Oil Industry. Woodlands: Pioneer Publications Inc. , 1981. 374-375. Print.

This book gave us background information on the Oil industry which helped us better analyze our topic. Also this book gave us the idea to base our project on the oil industry which became relevant with rights and responsibilities. Documents "American Experience." PBS. PBS. 20 Jan. 2014 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/rockefellerssouth/>. This article details the Cleveland Massacre, which helps give insight to Standard Oil's rapid growth that conquered the oil industry in the North East. "American Experience: TV's most-watched history series." PBS. PBS. 5 Jan. 2014 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/rockefellersmcclures/>. This article gives a brief overview of Ida Tarbell's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which gives crucial opinions to Rockefeller's brutal business tactics. "Antitrust Law." Ethics.csu.ncsu.edu. NC State University. 5 Jan. 2014 <http://ethics.csc.ncsu.edu/commerce/antitrust/study.php>. This article gives a brief overview of the antitrust laws and gives present day examples of the laws' uses. "Biography: John D. Rockefeller, Senior." PBS. PBS. 18 Jan. 2014 <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-john/>. This article gives a heavily detailed summary of John D. Rockefeller's life in chronological order, and also helps to understand the formation of Standard Oil.

Broderick, James. "May 15, 1911 The U.S. Supreme Court Decided Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States." http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/. N.p., 15 May 2009. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/may-15-1911--the-u-ssupreme-court-decided-standard-oil-co-of-new-jersey-v-united-states/>. This website provides information about the Supreme Court case of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States. This information will be important in providing background information on the downfall of the corporation and relate the case to consumer rights. Bryan, Dan. "The Cleveland Massacre Standard Oil Makes its First Attack." American History USA RSS. 2012. American History USA. 20 Jan. 2014 <http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/cleveland-massacre-standard-oil-makes-firstattack/>. This article gives an extremely detailed explanation and analysis of Standard Oil's rise to power, and also provides a chart showing the change in the price of oil since the beginning of Standard Oil. Costello, Sarah, Emily Laswell, and Marissa Williams. "Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.."http://grovesapush.wikispaces.com/. N.p., 13 Feb 2012. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://grovesapush.wikispaces.com/Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.>. Information regarding the Supreme Court Case of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs United States is provided in this website. More specifically it provides detailed background on the grounds on which the company was charged for. This would be helpful in analyzing the effect of the jurisdiction on consumer rights.

Gosling, Tony. "Greed posing as philanthropy."www.bilderberg.org/. N.p.. Web. 18 Jan 2014. <http://www.bilderberg.org/whatafel.htm>. This website was used to understand the tactics of the Standard Oil Company, and how they came into power through their unlawful business tactics. "IDA TARBELL." Ida Tarbell Life & Works. 19 Jan. 2014 <http://tarbell.allegheny.edu/biobib.html>. This article gives a brief overview of the accomplishments of Ida Tarbell, and helped to understand her significance to exposing Standard Oil. "Ida Minerva Tarbell." Ida Minerva Tarbell. 21 Jan. 2014 <http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Tarbell__Ida_Minerva.html>. This article provided some information on Ida Tarbell, as well as some valuable links to her works and other articles on her. "Ida Tarbell biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. 19 Jan. 2014 <http://www.biography.com/people/ida-tarbell-9502126>. This source provided a brief overview of her life, as well as outlining some of the key accomplishments in her life. "John D. Rockefeller." pbs.org. WGBH Educational Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rockefellers-john/>. This website gave us a background information and a deeper look into who Rockefeller was and how his idea of business and founding of the Standard Oil Company all came to be. Loftis, James. ""COORDINATED EFFECTS"."http://www.justice.gov/. N.p., 18 Feb 2004. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/workshops/docs/202628.htm>.

This website provides information regarding the tactics of the Standard Oil company, and the effects of the tactics. The information would be important in explaining why the Clayton Act was passed and how, if it did, affect consumer rights. "May 15, 1911 | Supreme Court Orders Standard Oil to Be Broken Up." The Learning Network May 15 1911 Supreme Court Orders Standard Oil to Be Broken Up Comments. 18 Jan. 2014 <http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/may-15-1911-supreme-courtorders-standard-oil-to-be-broken-up/?_php=true>. This article details the breaking up of Standard Oil due it's monopolization, and talks about the court order. "Our History." Exxonmobil.com. ExxonMobil. 5 Jan. 2014 <http://corporate.exxonmobil.com/en/company/about-us/history/overview>. This corporate statement gives a history of the birth of Exxon Mobil, a company formed by the splitting apart of Standard Oil. Pate, Hewitt, R. " DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE." Antitrust Law in the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S Department of Justice, 11 May 2004. Web. 08 Jan. 2014. Many court cases were presented in the Supreme Court that violated the antitrust laws but the one I want to focus on is the court case of 1911, the Standard Oil case. This web page helped us understand how the U.S sought to break up the famed oil conglomerate. Poole, Keith. "voteview.com." Entrepreneurs and American Economic Growth JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://voteview.com/entrejdr.htm>. The information on this website helped us grasp and understand the role the Standard Oil Company played in society and in the U.Ss economy. Also on this website there were many relevant pictures, and graphs of the assets earned and stock changes.

Poole, Keith. "The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890."www.voteview.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan 2014.<http://voteview.com/antitrst.htm>. This website discusses about the drawbacks about the Sherman Act as well as its general history, which would be very effective in the project, since the drawbacks of the Sherman Act could be addressed as a link to the other parts of the project, like the Clayton Act, which strengthened the Sherman Act. R., Allison. "Ida Tarbell: Muckraker, Reformer, Role Model." teenink.com. Emerson Media. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/175070/Ida-TarbellMuckraker-Reformer-Role-Model/>. Ida Tarbell was a journalist and writer of the History of the Standard Oil Company which gave us a good understanding of the Standard Oil Company and a better perspective of it. "Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Monopoly."http://www.crf-usa.org/. Constitutional Rights Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria16-2-b-rockefeller-and-the-standard-oil-monopoly.html>. This website discusses the rise of the Standard Oil Company and the trust by describing the business tactics they had used. This information will be important for the analysis of their tactics. "Selected Problems in Antitrust Law."http://libguides.law.smu.edu/. Springshare, 29 Jan 2013. Web. 20 Jan 2014. <http://libguides.law.smu.edu/content.php?pid=427337&sid=3495599>. The Principal Antitrust and Trade Regulation Statutes covers all the Acts that were passed in order protect each competitor from illegal business against each other. The Acts

were the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and they were used in the court case of the Oil Company vs. the U.S. to prevent the oil company from monopolizing. "Standard Oil." Nndb.com. 2012. Solyent Education. 20 Jan. 2014 <http://www.nndb.com/company/338/000086080/>. This website provides the names of the original founders of Standard Oil, as well as employees that became famous later in life. It helps to comprehend the growth of the company. "Standard Oil Company Must Dissolve in 6 Months; Only Unreasonable Restraint of Trade Forbidden." New York Times [Washington] 15 May 1911, n. pag. Print. <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0515.html>. This is another newspaper which the New York Times published in 1911 over the Standard Oil Company. We used some of these newspaper pictures on our website as a resource and evidence of the case. "Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate." Standardoiltrust.com. 14 Jan. 2014 <http://www.standardoiltrust.com/>. This website provided a picture of the original Standard Oil Trust certificate, and gives a very detailed history of the beginning of John D. Rockefeller's career. "Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)." www.ourdocuments.gov. N.p.. Web. 2 Jan 2014. <http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=51>. This government website was very helpful on researching the history of the Sherman Act, and the meaning of trusts and its harmful effects on the economy and how it destroys competition. This information will be effective in relating trusts harmful effects on consumer rights.

"Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 ." www.shrm.org/. US Department of Justice, 12 Mar 2008. Web. 2 Jan 2014. <http://www.shrm.org/LegalIssues/FederalResources/FederalStatutesRegulationsandGui danc/Pages/ShermanAnti-TrustActof1890.aspx>. This website also discusses about the Sherman Act, but it also explains the types of people who had wanted the act to be passed (namely farmers), which would be very effective information in showing the Sherman Acts relevance to consumer rights. "The Antitrust Laws." Federal Trade Commission. FTC. 14 Jan. 2014 <http://www.ftc.gov/tipsadvice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/antitrust-laws>. This source briefly details the creation of the Sherman Act and the Federal Trade Commission, as well as giving some insight to what is defined in the acts. "The Clayton Act." Stolaf. Stolaf. 14 Jan. 2014 <http://www.stolaf.edu/people/becker/antitrust/statutes/clayton.html>. This article gives a detailed explanation of the Clayton Act, an act passed due to the exploitations used by Standard Oil. "The Sherman Antitrust Act." www.linfo.org. The Linux Information Project, 17 Jun 2004. Web. 2 Jan 2014. <http://www.linfo.org/sherman.html>. This website is very important to this project since it explains the cons of monopolies, especially on how it affects the consumers, and the basic definition of business trusts and how they form monopolies. This information will help in establishing a firm connection between consumer rights, and the Sherman Act, which was also discussed in the website. United States. Federal Trade Commission. Statutes Enforced or Administered by the Commission. Washington DC: , Print. <http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/statutes>.

This website is a government website which is relevant to the project since it provides necessary basic information about the Federal Trade Commission Act, which we will describe its effect on consumer rights.