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How Rockefeller's Trilateral Commission Turned the U.S. into a Failed Predator Since its founding in 1973, the Trilateral Commission (TLC) has maintained... I'm Harley Schlinger from the LaRouche Organization with your daily video update for October 16th 2000twenty-four.
Explore the pivotal moments that shaped the American Civil War. From major battles like Gettysburg and Antietam to key decisions by Lincoln and Lee, this vid...
Civil War begins. Rockefeller, like some other northern businessmen, hires substitutes to avoid fighting. ... The institute, called Rockefeller University today, will become a leader in the new ...
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Explore the remarkable story of John D. Rockefeller, the visionary entrepreneur who transformed the American economy. From his early struggles to founding St...
In the meantime, profit was pouring in to the partnership. Rockefeller saved nearly all of it, even though the amounts made him a wealthy man by the standards of those times. Rockefeller hires a substitute draftee in the Civil War. Also in 1863, the United States instituted a draft, hoping to shift the balance of a deadlocked war.
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At the end of the first year of business, they had grossed $450,000, making a profit of $4,400 in 1860 and a profit of $17,000 in 1861. The commission merchant business was very competitive and Clark & Rockefeller's success was due in large part to Rockefeller's natural business abilities. During the Civil War their business expanded rapidly.
