The rise of Standard Oil
The black gold of Baku
Sumatran jungles and British tankers
The desert sands of Persia
What legal structure did Samuel Dodd invent in 1882 to help Standard Oil control multiple companies?
Which modern energy giant was formed directly from one of the pieces of the broken-up Standard Oil?
schopenhauer Choose strategic business deals to learn how 1900s oil barons built their massive empires.
schopenhauer Standard Oil built secret pipeline networks to bypass high railroad shipping rates and crush competitors.
How many independent companies was Standard Oil broken into by the US Supreme Court in 1911?
Which investigative journalist wrote the 1904 exposé that led to the breakup of Standard Oil?
schopenhauer Standard Oil
We ran the pipelines across the land, To keep the power in a single hand.
schopenhauer Rockefeller created the first massive corporate trust to legally control competitors across different states.
What engineering innovation did Standard Oil construct in the late 1870s to bypass expensive railroad transport?
What was the primary petroleum product refined by Standard Oil before the widespread use of automobiles?
Rockefeller's dimes: To improve his public image, billionaire John D. Rockefeller carried around pockets full of dimes, giving them away to children and adults he met.
In which US state did John D. Rockefeller found the Standard Oil Company in 1870?
How much did the price of kerosene drop during the early years of Standard Oil's refining dominance?
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil controlled ninety percent of United States oil refining by 1880.