The American Industrial Revolution was a changing of the guards in American history. Manufacturing was the new giant that carried the US economy. Manufacturing was made up of many money making industries during that time period. This investigation will be focused on the oil industry and the man who controlled it : John D Rockefeller. The scope of this paper will be revolved around Rockefeller and the impacts that he produced in this time period. His rise to power will be emphasized the most within this paper. His tactics and increase in wealth will also be examined. The methods of evaluation was conducted with various sources pertaining to Rockefeller or the time period that he was thriving in. A mixture of books, articles, database sources,
