How We Got Here
Season 1, Episode 10: Rockefeller's Oil Empire
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A twenty-four year old bookkeeper, John D Rockefeller, is about to bet every penny he has on a fledgling upstart industry. If the accountant is wrong about the budding oil industry, the era of the automobile might not take off.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Nazis Get Us to the Moon
Episode 2
Cars Win World War II
Episode 3
Gold Makes Headlines
Episode 4
Colt Makes All Men Equal
Episode 5
Denim Defeats Communism
Episode 6
Morse Code Connects Us All
Episode 7
Clara Barton Saves the World
Episode 8
Deep Throat Exposes the Presidency
Episode 9
Beer Unites America
Episode 10
Rockefeller's Oil Empire
Episode 11
Steel Builds the Metropolis
Episode 12
Harley Hogs the Road