Oil

The Beginning


//**The birth of the industry**// In the 1800's Pennsylvania started the birth of the Oil industry. Titus Vill is the town it all began, and the man who started it was a man named Colonel Edwin L Drake. When the Oil industry first began, the Oil was made into petroleum and then used for medicine. This helped for the sick people get better. This helped the industry make money because they sold the Petroleum for 1.50 each bottle. When the industry got bigger and so did the technology, such as cars, the oil was then used for gas. //**Labor Relations**// In the 1800's they would work 70 hours or more per week. It is hard to say the length of how they worked because most of the people became self-employed. The company town that everybody worked in was Titusville because thats where it all began. No one ever had any huge industry changing strike, if their were they were miner. //**How did the Industry evolve**// The oil industry improved as the technology improved such as cars and other transportation. A man named John D. Rockefeller took over and controlled the industry. He gained control by out buying his competitors and he didn't allow rival companies to use the railroads. The government responded by the Sherman antitrust act that says that no one could control and have that much power.

1. Where was the first oil industry located? 2. Who was the the man to start the industry? 3. How long was a typical work week? 4. How is the oil industry similar to the steel industry? 5. What do you think will happen to the oil industry?
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