Question 6 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR
The “Cleveland Massacre” was Standard Oil’s rapid consolidation of Cleveland’s oil-refining industry in 1872. John D. Rockefeller’s company took control of many rival refineries, often through pressured sales, rather than putting down a labor dispute or trying unsuccessfully to expand elsewhere. So the best choice is “a takeover by Standard Oil of the refineries in Cleveland.”
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