Robber barons

How he donated his money? Thomas Edison donated his money to his companies. 6. Do you believe he is Robber Baron or Captain of industry? I believe Thomas Edison was a Captain of industry because he concentrated to his invention, and worked hard to give his country and people proper life. He was one who light up this world. 7. What made you categorize your choice as Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? After reading Thomas Edison biography, I considered him as a Captain of Industry. Due…

Question 8: Were rich industrialists captains of industry or robber barons? Position: Rich industrialists were captains of industry 1. The rich industrialists of the 19th century pioneered the business practices of the time, and set the foundations for the success of US corporations for decades to come. One such business practice was cost accounting. In the 1880s, industrialist Andrew Carnegie was “the first in the railroad industry to apply cost accounting, or breaking out the product cost…

Rachel Bewersdorf Mrs. Wolgast US History Monday August 24 Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons I personally think that these both powerful and successful industrialists were not robber barons. I like to think of them as big contributors towards the building and also the success of industry. People like Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt and so many others that proved with a lot hard work and confidence it can lead to huge success. These men were the push that America needed to get…

chapter 12, and PHUS, chapters 11 and 13 What does Zinn mean by referring to industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller as “robber barons”? What did they do to deserve that name? Why do Schweikart and Allen refer to them as “titans of industry”? What good do they think Rockefeller and Carnegie did? Zinn allots them the name “robber barons,” a negative name, because the two made secret, possibly illegal deals to crush competition, heightened prices but, still kept wages low,…

world in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. He is known for his very successful oil industry which we know as Standard Oil today. He was a very influential person back in his time and he still is today. Now the question is, was John Rockefeller a robber baron or a captain of industry? John Rockefeller was born on July 8th, 1839 in Richford, New York. His mother was a religious and disciplined woman and his father was a ¨pitchman¨. As a child he attended Owego Academy in Owego, New York and he…

had industrial and business leaders, or rather robber barons. These robber barons were labeled as so because the industrial and business leaders would use extreme and harsh measure to control and concentrate wealth and power among the people. In fact, their roles in the very revolution, itself, became and remain heavily debated even to this day. Most believe beneficial and others, detrimental; however, with no doubt the roles played by robber barons during the Second Industrial Revolution were…

i yelled as soon as i saw him around the corner. my brother bolts towards the last robber as fast as lightning. so do i. the robber runs around the bush… and so does my brother.. and here i come, lagging behind them both but still running at full speed gasping for air, attempting to catch my breath but not being able to and still running as fast as i can to catch up with my brother. then, up ahead, i see the robber jump over the obstacle (a black metal chair with a huge hole at the bottom). and…

6: Standard of Conduct 6.1 All members of the peerage and temporary members of the House must sign the Charter of the House of Lords within two weeks of being given keys. Members that have not signed the Charter by the end of this period shall be removed from the House of Lords. 6.2 All peers of the House of Lords are required to display their royal or highest noble title, at minimum, by their Coat of Arms (COA) or by some form of lettering (Text) recognized by the College of Heraldry at all…

She finds herself in a more detrimental situation because of staying home. Three men show up at her home, as one walks around back she quietly watches them loom around her home through the knitted white curtains. One robber, Vance, who went around to the back door breaks the class door and lets himself in. Anna rushes under the dining room table. The table to draped with a table cloth.She is able to hide from them for a while, till the yellow teapot starts to scream…

confusion among the characters in The Robber Bride; each of the main characters have dealt with the darkness they once called their friend. It all started in college when Tony, Roz, and Charis all met the darkness they call Zenia. They let her in thinking she is the light of their life when she really a twisted web of lies and deceit. She messes with their men and turns them against the women they loved. A “bride” that steals the men of other “brides”. In The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood…