Men Who Built Americ John D. Rockefeller (Ben Wood)

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Men Who Built America
John D. Rockefeller (Ben Wood)
In a new age following the American Civil War the U.S is expanding at a pace previous unimagined. This age was known as the Gilded age. In this new age economic growth and population increase overshadowed a country rife with corruption and greed. John D. Rockefeller was man of poor beginnings who became the most renowned American businessman during the
Gilded Age. Rockefeller made his fortune in the petroleum business refining oil into kerosene and became one of the symbols of industry and a man of vast wealth in his era. Rockefeller was an efficient business man who is remembered as one of America’s leading businessmen.
John D. Rockefeller was a great businessman because of his efficiency

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