Yes, the railroad holding company's (Northern Securities Co) stock transactions were in restraint of interstate commerce,and came within guidelines of the Sherman Anti Trust Act. The Northern Securities Co vs The United States in which the Supreme Court found in favor of the government was a vindication of Roosevelt's actions. This case also rejuvenated the Sherman Anti Trust Act.- tuffy
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Roosevelt ordered his attorney to finn a law suite against northern securities.
President Theodore Roosevelt was very aggressive to enforce the Sherman Antitrust Law passed in 1890. President Roosevelt filed suite against forty-five companies under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Indians at Tallussahatchee in northern Alabama
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware. They might not have welcomed the label of 'Northern'. But when the test came, they (narrowly) voted against the Confederates, and stayed loyal to the Union.