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John Davison Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller . ‘I have ways of mak i ng money that you know nothing of’ - Rockefeller. Biography How He Represents The American Dream A Robber Baron or An Honest B usiness Man. Biography. From 1839 to 1937 His first job was as a bookkeeper in 1855

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John Davison Rockefeller

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  1. John Davison Rockefeller ‘I haveways of makingmoneythatyouknownothing of’ -Rockefeller

  2. Biography How He RepresentsTheAmericanDream A Robber Baron or An HonestBusinessMan

  3. Biography • From 1839 to 1937 • His first job was as a bookkeeper in 1855 • In 1859 he started a new companywith M.B. Clark • He built his firstoil refinery in 1863withSamuelAndrews.

  4. How He RepresentsTheAmericanDream • He beganhis life as a poor German-American farmer’s boy • He startedmaking 50 centsperday • When he died his net worth was 663.4 billion dollar • He monopolized all the oil industry in the United States. “We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good"

  5. A Robber Baron or An HonestBusinessMan? ‘To anybusinessmanorbankerwhoused questionablebusinesspracticestobecome powerfulorwealthy’ ‘Apejorativetermusedfor a powerful 19th century United Statesbusinessmanand banker’

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