Industrial Leaders – Robber barons or Industrial Statesmen? The late 19th century industrial leaders have often been called "industrial statesmen" for the great economic power they brought to America. However‚ they have also been called "robber barons” since they built this great wealth by abusing the system‚ their employees‚ and destroying their competitors. These kings of industry displayed characteristics of both industrial statesmen and robber barons. But which would better describe
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James Wong Robber Baron ’s are Captains of Industry who are looked down upon for succeeding at the expense of others and at the expense of moral integrity. To firmly attach a label to any given person or people is difficult because the distinction between a robber baron and a captain of industry alternates with the point of view from which you hold. Leland Stanford and the Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad are perfect examples of how there are contrasting arguments about their proper titles
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Captains of Industry Since the time of its birth‚ the United States has been a democracy that was pieced together by the beliefs and ideas of different people. This has resulted in a system in which nothing can be classified as “black or white” and there are many areas of gray. Therefore‚ it is difficult to label anything as a singular extreme. This is the case for the leaders of the industrial period. While they made unusual advancements that greatly helped the public‚ they also caused many problems
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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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their robber baron bosses; this is the gold layer peeled back. Big businesses played a massive role in the economy and politics during the gilded age‚ as the trusts made the U.S. into a manufacturing powerhouse and they corrupted politicians into not acting on injustices‚ leading to varying responses from the people such as unionizing‚ protesting‚ or rioting.
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to answer the following question: To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865–1900 era as either “robber barons” or “industrial statesmen”? DOCUMENT A. Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool‚” how- ever‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combi- nation which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders
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“Gilded Age” business men have been creating large business organizations known as trusts‚ this ingenuity of these entrepreneurs has been earning them the title “Captains of Industry” yet their ruthlessness 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
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The Capitalist of America during 1875-1900 controlled large businesses like steel making‚ oil production and the railroads making them some of the most powerful men in the world; the wealth was obtained by using child labor‚ trying to destroy the middle class and destroying all competition. John D. Rockefeller took advantage of children in his coal mines to by making them workers called breaker boys. Most breakers were 8-12 year old boys or old men who couldn’t do anything else. Breaker boys removed
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Post-Civil War and Growing Pains Chuck Jones History 105 Dr. Rogers April 26‚ 2013 During the Post-Civil War era (1865-1900) there were several reconstruction periods as well as a widespread Western industrialization occurring. After the war it seemed as if the entire country had to press the “reset” button and literally start afresh. There was a break down in the south after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves‚ Gen Custard destroyed cities‚ and what seemed to be a booming economy
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ during the climax of the American Industrial Revolution‚ there was a small group of men who owned the major businesses and were leaders of their industries. They owned factories‚ railroads‚ banks‚ and even created company towns for the sole purpose of housing their workers. Due to the efforts of these few men‚ the U.S. economy became the envy of the world‚ and America became a leading world power. They provided the public with products that were in high demand
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