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    Essay 1 The Robber Barons versus the Captains of Industry American industry was on the rise during the Gilded Age. Many different historians have believed that these Americans were either Captains of Industry or portrayed as a Robber Baron. In this time period‚ a Robber Baron was an industrialist who took advantage of one’s wealth and used it to gain power. A Captain of Industry was seen as a hero to the Americans with a “rag to riches” story. During the Gilded Age‚ a Robber Baron was more common

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    Savannah Noss Period 1 3/2/13 APUSH Robber Barons‚ a term used in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s to describe a businessman who made an enormous amount of money‚ today we would call them billionaires. It was not really the fact they made a myriad of wealth‚ it was more the way they made it. In all the cases the acquiring of wealth was done in what was considered a ruthless manor and unscrupulous ways. A robber baron was more interested in acquiring wealth than the safety of his employees

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    The Robber Barons‚ as they were called‚ were the kings of American Industry and American Society during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Rich beyond the average man’s wildest dreams‚ these industrialists were often criticized for their philosophies and their ways of making money. Robber Barons can also be viewed as immoral‚ greedy‚ and corrupt‚ and the evidence to support such a view is not difficult to find. Bribery‚ illegal business practices‚ and cruelty to workers were not uncommon in this period

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    Nguyen 1 Leslie Nguyen Mr. Ramezane Period 4 U.S. History 6 October 2014 Captain of Industry OR Robber Barons? During the post-Civil War period‚ the economy of the United States grew at a rapidly rate. The richest men in the U.S. Andrew Carnegie‚ J.P. Morgan‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ Jay Gould and Cornelius Vanderbilt are the people who helped with industrialization since they made steel‚ banks‚ oil‚ and railroads. Since they donate their money to expand markets‚ provide jobs and establish buildings

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    Robber Baron: 1: an American capitalist of the latter part of the 19th century who became wealthy through exploitation (as of natural resources‚ governmental influence‚ or low wage scales) Jay‚ born Jayson Gould to John Burr and Mary Gould as a small‚ feeble baby‚ was the robber baron’s robber baron. He was the king manipulator of Wall Street. Although he was not the only snake on Wall Street‚ he was the most calculating‚ manipulative‚ and strategizing of them all. December 6‚ 1892‚ surrounded

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    Ciarra McGee Professor Frawley U.S. History 1302 6 November 2013 Robber Baron or Captain of Industry In the 1880’s‚ American industry grew due to many factors including “the emergence of a talented and often ruthless group of entrepreneurs” (Brinkley 396). According to those in favor of these entrepreneurs‚ these men worked hard‚ innovated technology and strategized competitively to transform the American economy; these “Captains of Industry‚” such as Andrew Carnegie‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ J

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    system with huge industrial monarchs that left entire generations of immigrants broken and drained of individuality and spirit. Business leaders were very greedy and valued profit more than anything. Even safety wasn’t barely considered while the robber barons plotted ways to get rich and control the world. For example‚ the notorious Credit Mobilier construction company was hired by Congress in 1872 to help build the Union Pacific Railroad. The company had coaxed from Congress much more

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    helped America become. They have also been called "robber barons" because they built their great wealth by abusing the system‚ abusing their employees‚ and destroying their competitors to satisfy their own needs. These "kings" off industry displayed characteristics of both industrial statesmen and robber barons. It is therefore justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the nineteenth century as both industrial statesmen and robber barons. Because they used vicious tactics to destroy competition

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    robber barons or captains of industry I thought that people like Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and J.p Morgan were all robber barons. Because they would employ people and put them in these unsafe‚ and unsanitary conditions. Also they made education for immigrants coming in difficult because even though they built libraries and hospitals would the immigrants would be illiterate and not be able to pay for hospital bills. Lastly theses men were robber barons because they were using vertical

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    in the building of their industries and wealth at the expense of their competitors has been earning some of these men the title of “Robber Barons”. I personally believe that these business men have negatively affected the people around them‚ making them titled as “Robber Barons”. I chose to talk about documents A‚ D‚ & E because they show /describe the “Robber Barons” the best. In document A it shows the picture named “Puck”. In this picture it shows the workers on the bottom‚ putting all this work

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