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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. Oil is found in the Western United States, as well as in what states?
(a) Ohio and Kentucky.
(b) Kentucky and Indiana.
(c) West Virginia and Kentucky.
(d) Indiana and Ohio.

2. The boys are enrolled in school and eventually the family moves to what city in the mid 1830s and then to a farm in Parma?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Columbus.
(d) Toledo.

3. The price of crude oil is extremely ___________.
(a) High.
(b) Steady.
(c) Volatile.
(d) Low.

4. In 1853, Bill moves the family to ______________ and leaves them at the home of his sister and brother-in-law.
(a) Kent, Ohio.
(b) Strongville, Ohio.
(c) Lima, Ohio.
(d) Toledo, Ohio.

5. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?
(a) A waste of time and money.
(b) A problem to be dealt with in the future.
(c) A nuisance.
(d) The basis of a coming economic revolutions.

Short Answer Questions

1. They have a son, ________________ Rockefeller who is born in Granger, New York in 1810.

2. Big Bill Rockefeller leads the life of a ___________ in his younger years.

3. Who owns the Russian operation?

4. John D. begins keeping track of his other expenditures and receipts in a book he calls what?

5. Public sentiment against what begins to grow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the history of the Rockefeller family prior to John D.'s birth.

2. Describe the formation and beginning of Standard Oil. What problems arise?

3. Describe the economy during the post Civil War period.

4. What is the Pittsburgh Plan? Why is it dissolved?

5. Describe the relationship between John D. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold.

6. What ends John D.'s plans of attending college? What does he do instead?

7. Describe the oil industry in the middle of 1880.

8. What are the results of Standard Oil becoming more involved in the railroad business?

9. Who does John D. buy out in 1871? Describe this buy-out and John's motivations at this time.

10. What takes place during the depression of 1873?

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