What does the reader know about the men of Titusville?

(Ida M Tarbell on Standard Oil)

I’m annoyed but glad that my history teacher left and quit her job as a teacher to become a flight attendant

How did roman authorities treat conquered peoples? required them to pay taxes to rome replaced their local governments compelled them to adopt roman customs invited them to become roman citizens

How did farm families get things they needed, such as cloth, in the mid-1800's