Praxis II Citizenship

Answer: B - In 1900 Ida Tarbell began researching John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust. Rockefeller’s trust had forced Tarbell’s father out of business years earlier. Tarbell was an established journalist when she began her investigation into Standard Oil; she gained notoriety for chronicling notable people in multi-part features. Her research ultimately yielded a 19-part series that began running in McClure’s in 1902. It was the first reporting on corporate business of its kind. Her portrait of Rockefeller was unforgiving and exposed his ruthlessness in building and maintaining his oil monopoly.