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14 Cards in this Set
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whale oil
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provided clearest and cleanest light, but a depleted whale population caused a shortage
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George Bissell
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a lawyer from New York, responsible for the creation of the "Oil Industry"
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"rock oil"
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petroleum
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petroleum
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"rock oil", a flammable gas that was used to help deafness and stomach aches
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Titusville, Pennsylvania
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the site of the first oil well
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Colonel Edwin Drake
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a former railroad conductor who oversaw the well. He was not an actual colonel, he was given that title to impress the residents of Titusville.
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John D. Rockefeller
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started a oil-refining firm called "Standard Oil" in Cleveland in 1863.
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Standard Oil
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a company started by John D. Rockefeller in 1863.
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Thomas Edison
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a man who demonstrated (in 1882) a commercially usable electric lightbulb
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Henry Ford
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an engineer in Detroit who worked for Edison. He experimented with gasoline engines and in 1886 he built an automobile.
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The Model T
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the first mass-produced automobile, created by Henry Ford.
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Persia (Iran)
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first oil discovery in the Middle East.
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Saudi Arabia
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the world's largest oil producer; oil first struck in 1938.
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OPEC
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, consisting of: Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela
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