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In 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Standard Oil, which by then still had a 64% market share, originated in illegal monopoly practices and ordered it to be broken up into 34 new companies.  These included, among many others, Continental Oil, which became Conoco; Standard of Indiana, which became Amoco; Standard of California, which became Chevron; Standard of New Jersey, which became Exxon; Standard of New York, which became Mobil; and Standard of Ohio, which became Sohio.  Rockefeller, who had rarely sold shares, owned stock in all of them.
 
In 1911, the Supreme Court of the United States held that Standard Oil, which by then still had a 64% market share, originated in illegal monopoly practices and ordered it to be broken up into 34 new companies.  These included, among many others, Continental Oil, which became Conoco; Standard of Indiana, which became Amoco; Standard of California, which became Chevron; Standard of New Jersey, which became Exxon; Standard of New York, which became Mobil; and Standard of Ohio, which became Sohio.  Rockefeller, who had rarely sold shares, owned stock in all of them.
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==Medical cronyism involvement==
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===Medical cronyism involvement===
 
Rockefeller helped fund the [[Flexner Report]], a medical "report"  started by Abraham Flexner for the Carnegie Foundation. The Flexner Report claimed to be intended to standardize the practice of medicine, though it shut down many medical schools it  itself deemed "unscientific" and "outdated".<ref>[https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8727 Medical Definition of Flexner Report]</ref> Rockefeller then used alarmist propaganda to scare the then-Congress into declaring the American Medical Association as the only organization allowed to grant medical licenses.<ref>[https://thefreedomarticles.com/flexner-report-rockefeller-ama-takeover/ The Flexner Report: How John D. Rockefeller Used the AMA to Take Over Western Medicine]</ref> Some say the Flexner Report went as far as to jail non-conforming medical doctors at the time who refused to comply with the monopolistic demands.<sup>[citation needed]</sup>
 
Rockefeller helped fund the [[Flexner Report]], a medical "report"  started by Abraham Flexner for the Carnegie Foundation. The Flexner Report claimed to be intended to standardize the practice of medicine, though it shut down many medical schools it  itself deemed "unscientific" and "outdated".<ref>[https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8727 Medical Definition of Flexner Report]</ref> Rockefeller then used alarmist propaganda to scare the then-Congress into declaring the American Medical Association as the only organization allowed to grant medical licenses.<ref>[https://thefreedomarticles.com/flexner-report-rockefeller-ama-takeover/ The Flexner Report: How John D. Rockefeller Used the AMA to Take Over Western Medicine]</ref> Some say the Flexner Report went as far as to jail non-conforming medical doctors at the time who refused to comply with the monopolistic demands.<sup>[citation needed]</sup>
  
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