https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d Apush en-us 2017-12-18 14:15:05 UTC 2017-12-18 22:31:12 UTC hello@padlet.com 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953753 He was born on July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York. During his childhood, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio where he attended high school and studied bookkeeping at a local commercial college. At 16, he began working as an office clerk at a Cleveland commission firm. In 1859, he established his own commission firm with his partner. In 1863, he entered the the oil industry with several other partners. In 1864, he married Laura Spelman. Later in life, they had four daughters (three of which survived to adulthood) and a son. ]]> 2017-12-18 14:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953753 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953846 In 1882, the various companies that Rockefeller used to distribute his products merged into the Standard Oil Trust. This controlled 90 percent of the nation's refineries and pipelines. They built their own oil barrels and hired scientists to figure out new uses for the petroleum by-products. ]]> 2017-12-18 14:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953846 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953922 In 1865, he borrowed money and bought out some of his partners in order to take control of the refinery. A few years later he formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio and bought rival refineries and developing companies for distributing and marketing products around the world. ]]> 2017-12-18 14:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953922 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953985 He was inspired by Andrew Carnegie and decided to donate 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. ]]> 2017-12-18 14:17:21 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/216953985 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/217107479 http://www.history.com/topics/john-d-rockefeller

]]> 2017-12-18 21:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/217107479 758566 https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/217116798 In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil of New Jersey was violating the anti-trust laws and forced it to split up into smaller companies. ]]> 2017-12-18 22:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/758566/p4zlie6fwb2d/wish/217116798