https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio American Industrialist en-us 2018-01-10 16:43:47 UTC 2018-01-16 17:59:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 18cjwilkins https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/220263398 John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839. In the 1860s he jumped into the oil business after  seeing production in Western Pennsylvania. By 1863 his refinery was the largest in the area. By 1870 he created the Standard Oil Company which began to prosper immediately. Rockefeller then began to buy competing companies until 1890 where Standard Oil was seen as a monopoly and was dissolved due to the Sherman Antitrust Law. When he retired from daily operations in 1895 he committed the rest of his life to helping others.]]> 2018-01-10 16:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/220263398 18cjwilkins https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221676360 Standard Oil was the company started by John D. Rockefeller and a couple of business partners. Standard Oil started in Ohio and grew to be one of the biggest companies in America. In 1911 it was dissolved by the government because it was seen as a monopoly.]]> 2018-01-16 13:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221676360 18cjwilkins https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221681069 Standard Oil Company gained wealth by buying out others companies to maximize profits.]]> 2018-01-16 13:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221681069 18cjwilkins https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221681661 American Red Cross-$8,083,772
United War Work Fund- $5,000,000
Belgium-$1,498,000
Johns Hopkins- $2,200,000
Vanderbilt-$4,000,000]]> 2018-01-16 13:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221681661 18cjwilkins https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221682306 The New York Times, The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/books/98/05/17/specials/rockefeller-gifts.html.

“John D. Rockefeller.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 12 Sept. 2016, www.biography.com/people/john-d-rockefeller-20710159.]]> 2018-01-16 13:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18cjwilkins/3afvce1y7tio/wish/221682306