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IrinaVladis [17]
3 years ago
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Why was Rockefeller able to make so much money during the Civil War?

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kolbaska11 [484]3 years ago
6 0
Shortly before the Civil War, Rockefeller and a partner established a shipping company in Cleveland, Ohio. The company made so much money during the war. In 1863, he and his partner invested in another business that refined crude oil from Pennsylvania into kerosene for illuminating lamps.
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