The Robbers

Robber Zhi was a notorious robber at that period who had 9,000 subordinates, invade people’ houses to steal their horses, cows and women. He killed people who were not guilty everyday. He just forgot about his family, and never cared his parents and siblings. So, he had never done worshiping to ancestors. Big countries where he passed through tried to protect their castles from his troops, and small countries tried to found new castles to protect their land from his troops. Thus, lots of…

Ellie McCoy 17 October 2014 C 12 Captains of Industry Businessmen from the 19th and 20th centuries were known as captains of industry or people who generate great wealth for themselves, but also use it for the good of the country. Several businessmen can be considered captains of industry, because they used various business strategies to develop new industries, they held the industries in the palm of their hands, but they also used money in charitable ways to benefit the public. Andrew…

Learning Journal 1. Based upon the information provided in class on the traits and characteristics of entrepreneurs, evaluate whether you fit the stereotype. Explain. Based upon the material we have covered in class on different types of entrepreneurs. I would consider myself as a Habitual entrepreneur, because I would like to start one business. The reason is, I think if I started on I could focus more on one thing. Also I wouldn’t want to sell something I worked on so hard to start. Plus if…

Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller are men of insight, innovation, and ingenuity. These are the men that started an age of advancement in steel, oil, and railroads within a time period of a few decades. Vanderbilt, a self-made man and cut-throat business man, owned the largest shipping empire in the world. He started with a single ferry which soon became a fleet of ships transporting goods and passengers throughout the country. He soon became known as the commodore.…

growth from 1870-1900 have normally been bad throughout the years, Evolution of Robber Barons, Carnegie is treating his workers differently, and lastly Monopolists taking over the government. Unregulated capitalism was bad because low wage workers would usually be treated like a property by Robber Barons. In document C, “Evolution of the Robber Barons” by an unknown author, published December 7, 1902, it explains how Robber Barons have developed. They gave hard jobs to their workers, they took…

The Gilded Age was a time period in American history when the economy exploded with railroads and big businesses with the help of: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan. These three were some powerful individuals that helped the economy shoot up. Carnegie helped with steel, Rockefeller with oil, and Morgan with banking. They all were captains of industry in their own way and they all played a big role in revolutionizing the way things currently function. Although some of their…

Who used to dominate the business world of America? The men are called the titans and they had many traits that made them so great. Cornelius Vanderbilt, John B. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan were four of them. The Titans shared many traits, three of which were being future thinkers, being strategic thinkers, and being risk takers and these traits helped them build America into what it is today. To succeed, the titans had to be strategic. Cornelius Vanderbilt, demonstrating this…

ANALYZING THE LIFE OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT Yaran Zhang Student #: 220 RedID: 816353168 Introduction To understand the evolution of business in America, one must first analyze the great men and women that heavily contributed to the sector. The book “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt” by T. J Styles looks at Cornelius Vanderbilt, one of the greatest historical figures in business, analyzing his success, struggle, contributions, and overall life. Almost all trade…

In episode 1 of The Men Who Built America, it explains the influential impact major businessmen had on rebuilding America after the Civil War just ended. The video goes into the back story of Cornelius Vanderbilt when he was sixteen and bought a ferry for a loan of $100. Years after buying his first ferry, he has the largest shipping empire in the world. Because of his wealthy empire in shipping, he was so well known and earned the nickname “the Commodore”. Vanderbilt then took and sold…

Source One communicates that governments should play a greater role in modern society in order to prevent robber barons, enforce labour laws, and prevent consequences associated to Laissez-faire capitalism. The cartoon illustrates a wealthy man holding a sign stating “21st century robber baron”. This detail from the source enforces the idea of modern entrepreneurs acting like entrepreneurs of the industrial revolution in which profits made were not fairly shared with workers, but instead kept to…