https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1 Should he be considered a Robber Baron? en-us 2017-05-03 16:36:09 UTC 2017-12-21 04:55:05 UTC hello@padlet.com 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169738454 John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839 into a large family in Richford, New York. He was the second of six children and the eldest boy. His father, William Avery Rockefeller, was an American con man while his mother, Eliza Davidson, was the daughter of farmers. Rockefeller's family moved several during his childhood until they eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Rockefeller would go on to be a founder, the president, and largest shareholder of the Standard Oil Company. This led him to great wealth as the company gained a powerful monopoly. Rockefeller retired from the day-to-day businesses of the company in the 1890s and turned his attention to charities and benevolence eventually devoting himself to philanthropy in 1897. Today he is still regarded as one of the world's richest men to have ever lived. ]]> 2017-05-03 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169738454 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740385 Rockefeller was heavily involved in the oil industry. At the height of Standard Oil he controlled 90% of all the oil in the Unites States. ]]> 2017-05-03 17:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740385 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740533 By the age of 16 Rockefeller worked as an assistant bookkeeper and at 20 went into a business partnership in a commission business dealing with hay, grain, meats, and other goods. In 1863 he opened his first oil refinery near Cleveland, after realizing the potential of the expanding oil industry, and within 2 years it had become the largest one in the area. Rockefeller then formed the Standard Oil Company with his brother,  William, and a group of other men in 1870. The company grew into a huge monopoly that controlled controlled roughly 90%  of the nation's refineries and pipelines. Standard Oil was broken up in 1911 after the Supreme Court ruled that it was in violation of anti-trust laws. ]]> 2017-05-03 17:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740533 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740593 After retiring, Rockefeller donated over half a million dollars to multiple educational, scientific, and religious causes. Furthermore, he made the University of Chicago possible through his funding as well as the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, which is now Rockefeller University. He also helped found the Rockefeller Foundation that is still operating today.]]> 2017-05-03 17:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169740593 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169812620 2017-05-03 23:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/169812620 6445135226 https://padlet.com/6445135226/72t1eb3cedx1/wish/217629568 http://www.history.com/topics/john-d-rockefeller
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