John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil of Ohio became the dominant oil refining corporation in America because of all of the following except which of these?
a. Rockefeller employed managers and executives with good technical skills.
b. Standard Oil squeezed rebates from railroads in return for large shipments of crude and refined oil.
c. Rockefeller devised several illegal methods for manipulating the price of refined oil.
d. Standard Oil's growth fueled further growth, until it was a virtual monopoly.
C
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