D.K.+L.+-+I+am+John+D.+Rockefeller

HISTORICAL INQUIRY My I am person is John D. Rockefeller. From what I already knew about John D. Rockefeller, it had been that he was the richest man to ever live on the face of the earth, by monopolizing his company.I knew that he had earned a lot of money from his oil refrineries, and also that he named his company Standard Oil. Before all the research, I had known that he was hated by many people all over the world, and especially the ones who were destroyed by Rockefeller's business. Rockefeller had also gave away a lot of money before his death. As I researched on my person, many questions such as how he became so rich in such a short period of time, and why he had decided to choose his career in the development of oil. The business life had been the most interesting to me. How come Rockefeller's business had so much criticism? Was he that powerful in terms of buisness, to have the Supreme Court decide if Standard Oil (Rockefeller's company's name) should be separated into different oil companies or not? These were some of the many questions that were flowing through my mind, as I researched about the richest man in history, John D. Rockefeller.


 * Why was Rockefeller one of the most hated business man in the 1800s?**

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 * [|Oil v. United States (1911)]
 * [|Rockefeller's Arguments against Ida]
 * [|Dear Father/ Dear Son Letters]
 * [|Dear Father/Dear Edith Letters]
 * [|Letters Requesting Donations]
 * [|John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study by Ida Tarbell]

Quote //I believe the power to make money is a gift from God - just as are the instincts for art, music, literature, the doctor's talent, yours to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow-man according to the dictates of my conscience."// http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=34&entryid=281597&searchtext=john+d.+rockefeller&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=1,4,5,6,

Secondary Source Document [|Rockefeller Legacy] [|John D. Rockefeller Sr. Bio] [|John Rockefeller] [|John Rockefeller Bio] [|Rockefeller's Life] Audio Video [|Basic Life] media type="youtube" key="_y7XbLri4ZE&hl=en" height="220" width="263"