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John D. Rockefeller belongs in the turn of the century because he was a major asset in making the US and the world what it is today. Rockefeller accomplished many things in his lifetime, which helped shape the world as it is today. He created and developed the ....

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.... 1870 he organized The Standard Oil Company along with his brother William, Andrews,and others. By 1872 Standard Oil had purchased and thus controlled nearly all the refining firms in Cleveland, plus two refineries in the New York City area. Before long the company was refining 29,000 barrels of crude oil a day and had its own cooper shop manufacturing wooden barrels. Standard prospered and, in 1882, all its properties were merged in the Standard Oil Trust, which was in effect one great company. It is estimated that Standard Oil owned three-fourths of the petroleum business in the US in the 1890s. Rockefeller recognized the difficulties of wise ....