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    Who was John D. Rockefeller? John Davison Rockefeller was a very intelligent businessman. He started learning at a young age about business. He was also generous. John D. Rockefeller donated millions of dollars of his own money to charities. He also helped fund for universities and many more things. John D. Rockefeller was one of the most generous and intelligent businessman in the United States. John D. Rockefeller was born in the town of Richford, New York. Since he was a kid, his father, William, taught him lots about the economy and business. John D. Rockefeller became intelligent about the economy and business ever since William taught John D. Rockefeller. It was important for John D. Rockefeller to be intelligent because he needed that knowledge later on in life when he started The Standard…

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    try to make more money off of Rockefeller and sabotage his well planned industry, however Rockefeller always makes a decision that will tear down the opposition to keep his industry running. Through the study of John D. Rockefeller, he should be considered a captain of industry. He has justified his wealth many times as he has never cut his workers wages, he has also donated to charity very often, and innovated enough to create many jobs for American citizens. His oppositions such as Vanderbilt,…

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    John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller, the first robber baron of America and the Hero of America as well.. John D. Rockefeller born July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York and died May 23, 1937. (Rockefeller Biography) John D. Rockefeller a man believing in the Gospel of Wealth, helped the american people by making oil affordable to the masses and creating new ways to use the by-products of refining oil. Through the life of John D. Rockefeller, he influenced the United States especially with his…

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    John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8. 1839 in Richford, New York. His father William Avery Rockefeller, was a “pitch man”-- a “doctor” who claimed he could cure cancer and charged up to $25 per “treatment.” His dad was gone from month to month traveling around the West from town to town and would return to wherever the family was living with substantial sums of cash. His mother Eliza Davison Rockefeller, was very religious and disciplined. She raised John to work, save and give to charities.…

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    named John D. Rockefeller who built his first oil refinery near Cleveland, and by 1882 he had a near monopoly of the oil businesses in the U.S. but his practices led to the passing of antitrust laws.…

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    How Did Rockefeller Wrong

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    Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil Company, and become one heck of a rich man. In 1863 Rockefeller invested in Cleveland, Ohio, Refinery, for then-fledgling oil. He controlled most of the refineries in the US. They thought he was doing unethical practices, to gain monopoly industries. They had found, the Standard Oil Company in violation, of antitrust laws, and ordered it to be dissolve. Rockefeller was born to a traveling salesman. He always did little side jobs, from selling…

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    Who: This article is about Carl Scheele a 1700’s chemist. Scheele was born into a very wealthy family and his father was a very smart man. Scheele learned a lot from his father and his friends that would come to teach young Carl. Scheele became a pharmacist which lead him into working with different chemicals. He founded many different acids as well as barium and molybdenum. Scheele also created a green coloring mixture in which is now famous as Scheele’s Green. What: This article is trying to…

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    John D. Rockefeller is the poster child for the American dream. He worked himself from the bottom of the monetary food chain to the top. Rockefeller believed in hard and honest work and hated when anything went to waste. This is why when he saw oil being drilled and wasted through inefficiency, he saw an opportunity. Rockefeller then started his own company and the rest is history. He became one of the first multimillionaires in the United States of America through his business and talent. …

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    John Davison Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1839 into a “modest” household (Benson, Stock, Brennan 1332). At that time, the United States of America was near the brink of the Civil War and end of African-American enslavement. While that was happening , something else was brewing overseas in Europe. The Industrial revolution was just starting and the whole world would feel the effects of the innovations that ensued. Rockefellers presence would not be known for a while. He moved from city to…

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    is today without the influence of John D. Rockefeller. John Rockefeller was an American business man from the nineteenth century. Rockefeller quickly became one of the richest men in America. John Rockefeller’s legacy as the richest man in the oil industry is still with us today. As a young boy, John Rockefeller was a typical American boy that was interested in business. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, on a farm in Richford, New York, to William and Eliza Rockefeller (“John D.…

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