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What led to the breakup of the standard oil trust?

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Many things. However it was most likely due to Ida Tarbell's investigative journalism of Standard Oil, which exposed their labor practices, that led to the breakup of standard oil.

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Roosevelt was the reason for the oil trust breakup.

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