The Robbers

PAT, 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…

There have been hundreds of outlaws that terrorized the public for years. Even though all of them committed crime regularly they were all different. Some of them ran around with gangs, others went alone. Others robbed banks and most of them killed people. Outlaws have always been a problem and always will be. Some of the most well-known outlaws were Jesse James and Clyde Barrow. These outlaws murdered and killed many people. These two outlaws lived in different time periods one being during…

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…

In Armed Robbers in Action: Stickups and Street Culture, the authors, Richard T. Wright and Scott H. Decker wanted to know: “What makes someone put a gun to someone’s head and demand money? How do they decide to commit armed robberies? What does it feel like to participate in armed robberies? Why do they target certain people? How do they convince people to obey their commands? (p.3-4)” In previous studies on armed robberies, researchers would interview people in jail who had been arrested for…

and 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…

procedural. A good detective story has many mysteries involved and the detective has great mindset skills. In the beginning of the detective mystery there is a called made of a bank robbery on Wall Street. The robbers are dressed as painters to distract others. Action is already heavy as the robbers unfold on the hostages. Everyone is trapped, and all doors of the bank are locked. Everyone had to turn in all cellular devices and strip of their clothes and put on painter’s clothes. Once…

the Tomb Robbers were so successful at finding the tombs. This resource provides evidence about how the Tomb Raiders found the tombs. In the website Linda Alchin, writes about how the Tomb Raiders would work in groups. This website provides evidence to support why Tomb Robbers worked in groups. To really understand this issue of Tomb Raiders, we must first discuss the kind of treasure the Tomb Raiders found. Tomb Raiders found all sorts of treasure such as gold. Ryan states that Tomb Robbers…

industry and robber barons. If you were a captain of industry, you were a business owners that had a positive effect on the American economy while being a robber baron meant the exact opposite. Robber barons were business owners that had a negative effect on the American economy. I think there were captains of industry but there were also robber barons. Some robber barons included Marshall Field, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, and Russell Sage. These four wealthy individuals were known as…

The robber saw Chris with the bat and took off down the alley. Chris darted after him. They where racing down the alley. Chris's mind when empty except for one thought. The one thought was that he had to catch the robber. Chris pushed himself to run faster. He was slowly gaining ground on the robber. The robber realized this and also pushed himself to run faster. Chris's legs and lungs where burning but he could see the robber starting to slow down, so he pushed even…

surrounded with helicopters. They are robbing the bank because one of the robbers used to work there as a security guard because his boss thought that he was stealing money even though it wasn't him so his boss got fired and so he robbed the bank to show his boss that if he accused him of stealing money he would show his boss that watch who you accuse people of stealing if they didn't do it. II. Rising Action The robber go into the bank and there are plenty of cops so then they take…