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Digital History: Robber Baron or Industrial Statesman [Pdf]

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John D. Rockefeller was a controversial figure in the business world of the 19th century. Read about his actions to consolidate his control of the oil refining business in all its aspects. Find arguments claiming that he was an organization genius, and ones claiming that what he did was purely for profit. [pdf]

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john d. rockefeller
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Additional Tags
age of big business, industrial organization, robber baron, vertical monopoly, digital history, standard oil, standard oil trust, monopoly
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
Common Core
RH.6-8.9