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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. At this time, John D. is also buying the New York refineries through who?

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

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

4. Due to their distance from the region mentioned in #49, what did Cleveland refineries face?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rockefeller do to insure high volume and low costs?

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

4. How does John deal with the turbulent economy of the later part of the nineteenth century?

5. How does John D. end up with control with the largest oil refinery in Cleveland?

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

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

8. What does John D. learn while working at Hewitt and Tuttle?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In April 1901, a train full of millionaires, dubbed the Millionaire's Special, tours the south.

Part 1) Why does this group of millionaires travel to the south? How do these millionaires and those in the south benefit from this trip?

Part 2) How does this trip specifically affect Junior? What does he do, as a result of this trip?

Part 3) How are the results of this trip still seen today? How can millionaires learn from these millionaires of the Turn-of-the-Century?

Essay Topic 3

Rockefeller becomes the wealthiest man in the world.

Part 1) How does he build his wealth? What strategic moves does he make that you believe were the most beneficial?

Part 2) What role do antitrust laws play in this? How else does John D. and his family benefit from laws and changes in the economy?

Part 3) Could you potentially be the wealthiest person in the world? Why or why not? Would you want to be the wealthiest person? Why or why not?

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