To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Document A Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool”‚ however‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combination which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders. The railroads are not run
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Stark 1 Jeremy Stark Mr. Mangan AP US History 8 December 2014 The Role of Capitalists More often than not‚ America’ s antebellum capitalists were accused of being the “ robber barons ” of industrial America. The common conception is that these men took advantage of a naïve and growing economy to reap its benefits without giving anything in return. While it was true that the majority of America was poor in comparison to the few elites‚ the philanthropists efforts and contributions to our country
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Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie as "Tycoons of Industry" or "Robber Barons"‚ these two industrial giants begged to differ. "Robber Baron" was a name given to industrial giants in the late 19th century who were believed to have become wealthy through unethical means‚ such as questionable stock-market operations. Rockefeller once stated "...and only through such successive steps and by a great aggregation of capital is America today enabled to utilize the bounty which its land pours forth‚ and to furnish the
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Corporation‚ which it was known as the largest of its kind in the world. Just like Andrew did‚ he believes that children should not start out with a bunch of money. They should have to learn and work their way up to become as great as him. He thinks this because it is what he did. It teaches children lessons about their lives and it will help them understand the world later on in life. Andrew wanted to become a wealthy businessman and that is just what he did. While becoming this tycoon‚ who did he help
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Running head: GROWING PAINS Assignment #1 America’s Post-Civil War Growing Pains INTRODUCTION The period being covered in this presentation is the Civil War and its growing pains following the Civil War. Things to be explored will be the turning points in American history along with historical events after the Civil War‚ segregation and it’s shaping of American history‚ changes in attitudes‚ and the life of an American along with the laws passed to discriminate
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effect of Political‚ Social and Cultural influence which have shaped the Irish Civil Service System. I have 3 aims which i hope to achieve by the time I have finished thie essay: to examine the effect the state of politics at the time of the foundation of the state had on the structure of administration which was implemented‚ to study the Irish people and the society wich they have enhabited and determine the influence this has had on the Irish Civil Service System‚ to investigate the Irish culture
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3 July 2013 A New Jazz “Post-war America‚ Jazz and Heroin” by Zenga Longmore and James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Life after the Second World War changed for many‚ including the previously jolly jazzmen in Harlem. Whether through conspiracy‚ a search to remedy the anxieties of a ‘struggling for image’ musician‚ or just something that was pressed as a requirement to belong‚ heroin certainly made its bleak presence known. Trumpeter Red Rodney once said‚ “Heroin became the thing that made
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The Industrial Revolution began in the late seventeenth century and its impact had shaped the world we live in today. Not only did it begin in England‚ but it spread to other countries such as France‚ Belgium‚ Germany‚ Netherlands‚ and even the United States. The effects of the Industrial Revolution led to more goods and produce. It introduced new equipment and machinery that led to the increase in consumer goods. This allowed the expansion of several domestic markets in Europe. In general‚ the Industrial
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was a Captain of Industry because of his methods of business. He used rebates to lower the price for his consumers. Lowering the price means the consumer won’t feel robbed. This shows Rockefeller to be a Captain of Industry. Rockefeller’s monopoly boomed when the automobile was created1. It’s natural for one company to be bettered by the creation of an object. Therefore‚ Rockefeller was a Captain of Industry through his legal methods of gaining wealth. Rockefeller was a Captain of Industry through
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Michelle Chai Does Power Corrupt Those Who Have It? Power corrupts those who have it.Power means different things to different people. Some say that power is the ability to exert influence beyond those one actually controls. Others maintain that power boils down to the ability to get what one wants. An analysis of the book Lord of the Flies and Joseph Stalin’s rise to corruption explains how power corrupts people in many different ways. Without rules or common sense‚ even the most pure child can
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