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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.
(a) 1723.
(b) 1724.
(c) 1742.
(d) 1732.
2. John D. now has control of the largest oil refinery in Cleveland at the age of ______________ along with his new partner, Am Andrews.
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Twenty-five.
3. Due to their distance from the region mentioned in #49, what did Cleveland refineries face?
(a) No transportation costs.
(b) Unsteady transportation costs.
(c) Higher transportation costs.
(d) Lower transportation costs.
4. He is eventually hired by Hewitt and Tuttle as what?
(a) A manager.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) An assistant bookkeeper.
(d) A clerk.
5. The Bradford producers are pumping so much oil, that Standard Oil refuses to do what?
(a) Transport it.
(b) Buy it.
(c) Store it.
(d) Sell it.
Short Answer Questions
1. By 1870, there is so much overproduction and falling prices that John D. begins to worry about what?
2. Are the Rockefellers practitioners of conspicuous consumption?
3. John D. receives a good introduction to the business world at Hewitt and Tuttle. He learns a great deal about what?
4. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?
5. John D. quits school and takes a three month course where at the age of sixteen?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is John D. involved in the Baptist church? How does he benefit from this?
2. How is John D. affected by the invention of the light bulb and natural gas?
3. Describe John D.'s success during the Civil War.
4. Describe the relationship between John D. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold.
5. Who does John D. buy out in 1871? Describe this buy-out and John's motivations at this time.
6. What does Rockefeller do to insure high volume and low costs?
7. What activities reflect John D.'s personality and interests?
8. What are the results of Standard Oil becoming more involved in the railroad business?
9. Describe the oil industry in the middle of 1880.
10. Describe the formation and beginning of Standard Oil. What problems arise?
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