Kennan thought if he provided aid to countries that were suffering economically and might soon have to go into the soviet union, he could build them up and therefore they could stand up against communism.
<span>Rockefeller used the size of his company Standard Oil to negotiate preferential rates with railroad companies to transfer his oil in the refinement process. By gaining the upper hand in transportation costs, he was able to horizontally integrate his competitors into his firm working to establish a monopoly in the American oil industry. </span>
The Mandate of Heaven played an important role in the dynastic cycle since it said that people of hereditary royal birth were ordained with powers from god to rule over the people.
