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What was John D. Rockefeller remembered for?

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John D. Rockefeller was remembered for his wealth and for the aggressive competitive practices of the Standard Oil Company. Public hostility toward monopolies, of which Standard was the best known, caused some countries to enact anti-monopoly laws. For these reasons, Rockefeller and other heads of monopolistic companies were called robber barons by their critics.

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