Rockefeller

Rockefeller decides to use scientific research of this to make his company more efficient by _

• Drilling for oil

• Refining oil

• Transporting oil

What does Rockefeller do to alleviate the fears that Americans had about kerosene?

• increased production and distribution

• develops standard oii

• sells his company to the government

Rockefeller plays the railroads against one another when he makes a verbal agreement with-

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

• Tom Scott

Rockefeller uses all of his profits from his arrangement with the railroads to develop one of these-

• A trust

• A corporation

• A monopoly

To force Rockefeller to pay higher shipping rates, Cornelius Vanderbilt forms an unlikely alliance with this rival railroad businessman.

• Tom Scott

• Andrew Carnegie

• J.P. Morgan

How does Rockefeller view this unlikely alliance between these railroad businessmen?

• As a declaration of war

• Business as usual

• Something that wouldn't last

What does Rockefeller do in response to the move by these railroad businessmen?

• Creates his own railways to transport his oil

• Builds a pipeline to transport his oil

• Purchases a fleet of ships to transport his oil.

Who was John D. Rockefeller?

• A famous musician

• A prominent industrialist

• A renowned scientist

• A celebrated author

What industry is John D. Rockefeller most associated with?

• Automobile

• Steel

• Oil

• Railroad

Which company did John D. Rockefeller found?

• Ford Motor Company

• Standard Oil

• Carnegie Steel Company

• General Electric