Immigrants‚ including Chinese‚ Irish‚ German‚ and Scandinavian immigrants‚ as well as displaced rural workers‚ flooded urban areas in the hopes of finding employment. The railroad industries captained mainly by Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt welcomed these immigrants with thousands of job openings. The railroad industry was not the only industry that provided many jobs for these people. Rockefeller’s oil industry also provided many jobs for the unemployed. As is shown in Document
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sense of America was purging itself of corruption and evil. The time just prior to this reform was full of government corruption and national poverty. A small amount of people such as John D. Rockefeller‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ J.P. Morgan‚ and Cornelius Vanderbilt were extremely wealthy from their monopolies. However‚ the vast majority of Americans were lower class working families. During this time period there was not much of a middle class; there was the extremely rich and the extremely poor without
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monopolies. Undoubtedly‚ the Robber Barons were the most influential in the corruption of industries during the 1860’s to 1900’s. The Robber Barons or Captains of Industry consisted of J.P. Morgan‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ Jay Gould‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ and John Rockefeller. With the aid of graft and bribery‚ Vanderbilt made his fortune in railroads. Gould was Vanderbilt’s fiercest competitor‚ and with an unwitting President Grant‚ Jay Gould was able to manipulate the gold market‚ driving prices down and causing
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halls and libraries that are still alive and well today. John D. Rockefeller donated money‚ roughly $500 million‚ to research about diseases and to educate people on basic sanitation. Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ George Eastman‚ and Leland Stanford all donated money to now very prestigious universities known today as Vanderbilt University‚ MIT‚ and Stanford University
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The Industrialization of American began in the early 1800’a when Samuel Slater brought new manufacturing technologies from Britain to the U.S. and founded the first U.S. Cotton Mill in Massachusetts. However‚ the period following the civil war changed the industry immensely‚ especially due to the creativity of American Inventors. Innovations in transportation such as the rail road‚ the size of the American market due to the use of an abundance of raw materials‚ and incredibly versatile inventors
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William Walker: How to Take Over a Country in the 1800s “A great idea springs up in a man’s soul; it agitates his whole being‚ transports him from the ignorant present and makes him feel the future in a moment...Why should such a revelation be made to him...if not that he should carry it into practice?” -William Walker (Carr 1) William Walker‚ an American imperialist‚ was recruited by the Nicaraguan liberals to come to Nicaragua to assist them in their ongoing civil war against the conservatives
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The Industrial Revolution and the process of urbanization that came with it greatly impacted the life of Americans. The switch from a primarily agrarian society to an industrial society played devastation for the average American‚ all the while empowering the wealthy. Many technological advances were made during this time‚ and the main factor leading to the American Industrial Revolution and urbanization was the expansion of the railway system. In 1869‚ the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union
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invention of railroads was the seed that helped big businesses grow. The making of railroads efficiently helped move large‚ bulk items that contributed to further drop the cost of transporting goods to the national market. During this time‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ a railroad magnate gained great power and fortunes from uniting smaller rail lines into national corporations. The invention of railroads itself sparked the railroad industry and helped to lower
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Captain of Industry or Robber Baron: J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan was a post-civil war “captain of industry‚” separating him from the other “Greats” such as Cornelius Vanderbilt‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and Andrew Carnegie because of his motives and his upbringing. A “robber baron” is most simply defined as an individual who has financial ambitions that cause him to knowingly take advantage of others for his own personal gain. A “captain of industry” seeks solutions to common problems‚ and though the outcome
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APUSH - Cornwell FEB 16-24‚ 2011 1. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA in the LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY • Corporate consolidation of industry • Effects of technological development on the worker and workplace • Labor and unions • National politics and influence of corporate power • Migration and immigration: changing face of the nation • Proponents and opponents of the new order (e.g. “Social Darwinism and Social Gospel”) AMSCO pp. 333-347 (CH 17) EV pp. 543-573 (CH 18) ESSENTIAL
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