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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bill continues his wanderings and becomes a ___________ when he marries Margaret Allen in 1855.

2. He structures his schedule so he does what after meals?

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

4. Rockefeller now controls ________ percent of the U.S. oil that is refined.

5. They live where for the first six months of their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Rockefeller does to control those in transport.

2. How is John D. affected by the invention of the light bulb and natural gas?

3. What discoveries are made regarding oil at this time? how does this affect John D.?

4. What activities reflect John D.'s personality and interests?

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

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

7. How is John D. involved in the Baptist church? How does he benefit from this?

8. What does Big Bill do in Moravia?

9. Describe John D.'s life while living on Euclid Avenue.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The nation suffers a severe depression in June 1893.

Part 1) Describe this depression. How is the nation affected? How is John D. and his family affected?

Part 2) How does this depression compare to other times of depression in the U.S.? Is this one as bad as the Great Depression of the 1930s? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does the nation get out of this depression? What can we, today, learn from this?

Essay Topic 2

The automobile is invented by Henry Ford.

Part 1) How does this affect the economy and John D.? What might be the connection between the Depression and this invention?

Part 2) What other changes and inventions affect the economy and the Rockefellers throughout this story? Explain the effects of these changes and inventions.

Part 3) How have inventions and changes in John D.'s time affected our lives today? Are these changes for the better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Big Bill is a bigamist.

Part 1) Who is Big Bill? How does he come to be a bigamist? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this affect his wife Eliza, John D., and John D.'s siblings? Why is nothing done about Bill's behavior?

Part 3) How is Bill a thorn in John's side throughout much of his life? How does he deal with this? What does this reveal about John D.?

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