During the mid to late 19th century, the term “Robber Baron” came into use. It was used to describe capitalist men who ran big businesses and acquired their vast fortunes from questionable and unethical business practices. The unethical practices they took part in included exploiting workers, including children, with low wages and long, hard hours in unacceptable working conditions, influencing government and elections, thus furthering the corruption of the government, buying out competitors and often intimidating competitors into selling their company. Even though many people during the 19th century didn’t have many problems with the issues of big business, there were some people who dedicated their time to exposing the abuses of these
