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John Davison Rockefeller ‘I have ways of making money that you know nothing of’ -Rockefeller.

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1 John Davison Rockefeller ‘I have ways of making money that you know nothing of’ -Rockefeller

2 Biography How He Represents The American Dream A Robber Baron or An Honest Business Man

3 Biography -From 1839 to 1937 -His first job was as a bookkeeper in 1855 -In 1859 he started a new company with M.B. Clark -He built his first oil refinery in 1863 with Samuel Andrews.

4 How He Represents The American Dream -He began his life as a poor German-American farmer’s boy -He started making 50 cents per day -When he died his net worth was 663.4 billion dollar -He monopolized all the oil industry in the United States. “We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good"

5 A Robber Baron or An Honest Business Man? ‘To any businessman or banker who used questionable business practices to become powerful or wealthy’ ‘A pejorative term used for a powerful 19th century United States business man and banker’

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