One method was by buying out competitors. Legally. Another would be preventing rival companies from using the railroads he held a controlling interest in. Which, at the time I believe, was also still legal, as anti-trust laws had yet to be created in the USA.
one mehtod he used to build his empire was Horizontal intergration.
he didnt
He sold his oil for lower prices then the competition and drove the rival company into the ground. He then purchased these companies and expanded his business area. He continued to do this until he gained control over 90% of American oil sales
In 1870, John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines. Critics accused Rockefeller of engaging in unethical practices, such as predatory pricing and colluding with railroads to eliminate his competitors, in order to gain a monopoly in the industry. There was a oil rush in Pennsylvania in the 1860s-1870s which was run by the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company, under George Bissell.
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he wanted to be popular
collaborating with the rail system,
He sold his oil for lower prices then the competition and drove the rival company into the ground. He then purchased these companies and expanded his business area. He continued to do this until he gained control over 90% of American oil sales
he used a trust to gain control of the oil indusrty in America
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He did because he joined an association, I think it was something relatively spelled like ''Innubili'' or something like that.
Through horizontal integration Rockefeller was able to monopolize a single market. Because of his oil trust he was easily able to eliminate competitor's. Basically since he was bigger and better his business was on top.
He founded the Standard Oil Company.
He wanted complete monopoly on the American oil industry.
He wanted complete monopoly on the American oil industry.
By selling oil cheaper than his competitors, forcing his competitors to go out of business or to be taken over by Rockefeller. He also gave kickbacks to the railroads to give his oil shipments preferential treatment.
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