John Rockefeller

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John Rockefeller
Brett Durante Period 6/APUSH
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Early Life

• One of many children
• Father was devoted but expended large amounts of
  energy to avoid plain hard work
• Short college life
• Made a promise to donate one tenth of salary to
  charity when he retired

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First Business

• Clark and Rockefeller
• Rockefeller bought out Clarks Brothers and
  established the firm of Rockefeller and Andrews
• Rockefellers brother brought into the
  partnership
• Heavy borrowing and investing paid off big for
  the company

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Monopolizing the Industry

• Standard Oil
• Monopolizing the oil refining business
• Cleveland Conquest
• Ida Tarbell and aggression against the company

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Accomplishments

• Spelman College
• Donated to many Baptist colleges
• Rockefeller University
• Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research

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Accomplishments Continued

• Later life practices
• Donated to many of the large scale universities
  that are present today
• Avid philanthropist
• Gave away over 550 million until death
• Died 1937

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Bibliography

• John D. Rockefeller. Virtualology.com. Web. 14
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• John D. Rockefeller Quotes. University of Notre
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  om/quotes/authors/j/john_d_rockefeller.htmlgt.
• The Rockefellers. American Experience. Web. 10
  Feb. 2010. lthttp//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefell
  ers/peopleevents/p_rock_jsr.htmlgt.
• Nevins, Allan. Study in Power John D.
  Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist.
  Norwalk, CT Easton Press, 1989.
• John D. Rockefeller. Encyclopedia of World
  Biography. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. lthttp//www.notablebi
  ographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rockefeller-John-D.htmlgt.