How did John Davidson Rockefeller get rich?
by selling supplies to the army
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by mining diamonds and gold
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by building railroads
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John Davison Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry in the U.S. As kerosene and gasoline grew in importance, Rockefeller's wealth soared, and he became the world's richest man and first American worth more than a billion dollars.