1.) Vanderbilt was the focus of the first episode with bits of Rockefeller and Carnegie. My favorite among the three was Vanderbilt because he was the first person to do business in such a cut throat and original way. Leaving the rest that came after him to learn from him and develop new techniques from what he had already shown them. Now‚ Vanderbilt came from the docks of New York City and he was extremely competitive for it. He earned the name Commodore from his time in the shipping business. That
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robber barons or captains of industry I thought that people like Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and J.p Morgan were all robber barons. Because they would employ people and put them in these unsafe‚ and unsanitary conditions. Also they made education for immigrants coming in difficult because even though they built libraries and hospitals would the immigrants would be illiterate and not be able to pay for hospital bills. Lastly theses men were robber barons because they were using vertical
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industrialization period unlike any other. Nearly gone was the frontier‚ industries coming in‚ with men gaining unheard of wealth‚ and having leverage in many affairs. With the Robber Barons in control over the nation’s economy‚ and men like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller‚ what occurred is that corruption and graft greatly influenced American industry and business between 1860 to 1900. However‚ labor organizations such as the Knights of Labor and AFL made steps in labor reforms and other government laws
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been questioning how honest the fortunes of these leaders were. They questioned the tactics of Rockefeller‚ Morgan‚ and Carnegie. The main question that arose was whether to classify these men as “robber barons” or “industrial statesmen”. By looking at the achievements of these men it appears that not only were they entrepreneurs‚ but they were also generous to the community and the common good. Rockefeller gave millions of dollars to various missionaries‚ education boards‚ universities‚ and foundation
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These people are Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan. These three dominant individuals had the absolute power of the three most important and meaningful empires. Andrew Carnegie was the king of iron and rail road. John D. Rockefeller ruled the petroleum industry. J. P. Morgan led the electric system. Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller had a personal feud caused by the death of Carnegie’s mentor Thomas A. Scott. Carnegie vowed revenge on Rockefeller by making himself richer
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beginning to build modern day America. With Carnegie’s success‚ troubles followed. Carnegie started off as a young apprentice to Tom Scott. At the young age of twelve‚ he had to work in order to help his family with expenses. At age 24‚ he was the manager of Scott’s company to expand westward. Carnegie would have to build the largest bridge in America. Since it would have been impossible to build the bridge with iron‚ Carnegie built it with steel instead. He suffered through struggles with money‚ but managed
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From the nineteenth century to the present‚ the United States has been hailed as a "land of opportunity" where individuals could achieve personal‚ political‚ religious‚ and economic freedoms. The image of the "land of opportunity" was true to different degrees for the African-American sharecropper in the postwar South‚ the immigrant at Ellis Island‚ and the wealthy capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end of the
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business people wanted to be the best and essentially get the most money. An example of this is John D. Rockefeller‚ his business was standard oil‚ when he found a way to make oil into kerosene‚ he began to crush all other competition. According to http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h957.html “He (Rockefeller) eagerly crushed his competitors‚ ruining hundreds in his pursuit of profit.” Rockefeller didn’t care about others and became centered around his own wealth. This would be a bad thing because
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gun battle which killed and injured numerous strikers and Pinkerton’s men. Andrew Carnegie had built one of the most booming steel companies in America. Throughout time‚ several mills were broken and these workers were represented so they couldn’t be laid off. Many of these workers were eastern and southern European immigrants along with their sons. Soon after‚ there was a campaign to cut workers’ wages and Carnegie pushed for it. Workers were furious with this campaign
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big businesses in America. Morgan’s trust would encompass 60 percent of the United States steel industry and would employ nearly a quarter of a million workers. Morgan would accomplish his successes by forcing his fellow tycoons Andrew Carnegie and J.D. Rockefeller to sell their steel‚ iron ore and shipping businesses to him. Morgan was different than the other industrialist tycoons‚ he came from wall street. This set him apart from many of the industrialists who despised bankers and the possible
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