https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj en-us 2017-12-13 16:04:59 UTC 2017-12-15 15:29:02 UTC hello@padlet.com elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215854141 July 8, 1839 - May 23, 1937]]> 2017-12-13 16:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215854141 elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215855127 John D. Rockefeller was an American Industrialist and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller established his first enterprise, which was a commission business dealing with hay, grains, meats, and other goods. He built his first oil refinery, near Cleveland, in 1863 after sensing the commercial potential of the expanding oil production. Within two years, it was the largest refinery in the area. Rockefeller then devoted himself exclusively to the oil business. ]]> 2017-12-13 16:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215855127 elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215867461 The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “John D. Rockefeller.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2 May 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/John-D-Rockefeller.

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Standard Oil Company and Trust.”Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 22 June 2017, www.britannica.com/topic/Standard-Oil-Company-and-Trust. 


]]> 2017-12-13 16:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/215867461 elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216509964 The Standard Oil Company and Trust was an American company and corporate trust. From 1870 to 1911, this company was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, making, and transportation in the U.S.]]> 2017-12-15 15:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216509964 elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216511866 John D. Rockefeller obtained his wealth through the founding of the Standard Oil Company and trust. He became one of the world's wealthiest men and a major philanthropist. His company controlled some 90% of all U.S. refiners and pipelines.]]> 2017-12-15 15:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216511866 elizabethbonser1 https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216513253 John D. Rockefeller became a major philanthropist and donated more than half a billion dollars to various educational, religious, and scientific causes. He funded the establishment of the University of Chicago and the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, now known as the Rockefeller University. ]]> 2017-12-15 15:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethbonser1/k8d00nz47dzj/wish/216513253