Question 15 • US History_A_IC
The Cleveland Massacre refers to Standard Oil’s aggressive consolidation of oil refineries in Cleveland in 1872. John D. Rockefeller’s company acquired or forced out many competing refineries, sharply reducing the number of independent businesses. It was a takeover of Cleveland refineries, not a violent labor dispute or an effort to prevent Standard Oil from becoming a monopoly.
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