Ida Tarbell 1. Ida Tarbell was one of the most successful magazine writers of all time. She is most famous for her work on John D. Rockefeller. She was what everyone called a ‘muckraker’ but she wasn’t in the streets cleaning up she wasn’t a part of a union she didn’t strike against people. She used her words. Unlike a lot of people in power in the 1860’s Rockefeller didn’t treat his employees horrible. He had higher wages than most and not a lot of people died in his factories. What the problem
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As you know the photo is great power to influence people’s mind. Picture can change perception‚ social‚ political position and even identity. I want to talk about most popular and influential documentary photo that changed the world. It would be hard to imagine a technology that had more impact on 20th century life than photography: the automobile‚ the airplane‚ nuclear power‚ all of these were higher profile than photography‚ yet in day-to-day terms‚ photography was truly the most pervasive.
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This time‚ however‚ it was not the votes of immigrants but the pockets of the captains of industry which facilitated such graft. In his political cartoon “The Bosses of the Senate‚” editor and cartoonist Joseph Keppler epitomizes the susceptibility of the Senate to the interests of big business trusts. In it‚ one can discern the intimidating
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I have always been fascinated by the concept of the “American Dream”. Even if‚ nowadays‚ this concept is more and more criticize because some people believe that the structure of American society doesn’t follow anymore the idealistic goal of the “American Dream”‚ providing example such as inequality in class or race which suggest that the “American Dream” is not attainable for all. But to me the term “American Dream” stays unchanged: all people can succeed through hard work‚ and all people have
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The three men‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ and J.P. Morgan‚ were seen as robber barons BUT they were also seen as industrial statesmen. Robber baron was a term given to the rich who would pretty much do anything for money whether that meant the jeopardy of workers’ lives and crooked business practices. John D. Rockefeller started a standard oil company and was the first American billionaire. John R. was considered a robber baron mainly because he used his insight of business to ruthlessly
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business is better than a business founded on friendship." These words ring true in the ears of business owners and CEOs even today. Who was the man that spoke these words that still have thought and meaning today? Why‚ none other than John D. Rockefeller. Rockefeller was one of the many "robber barons" of the gilded age. In case you were wondering‚ a robber baron is a "ruthlessly powerful U.S. capitalist or industrialist of the late 19th century considered to have become wealthy by exploiting natural
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Tarbell’s The History of the Standard Oil Company she mentions‚ "Mr. Rockefeller has systematically played with loaded dice‚ and it is doubtful if there has ever been a time ... when he has run a race with a competitor and started fair." Monopolies do not play fair with the competition John D. Rockefeller created Standard Oil’s Company in 1870. He believed the most profit from oil was found in refining it‚ not drilling. Rockefeller described the competition in oil refining as "chaotic". He then began
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created by Diego Rivera in 1934. It was a remake of a piece he did for the Rockefellers to be viewed in their RCA building. The original piece was called Man at the Crossroads. It clearly showed that the artist favored communism over capitalism‚ which caused controversy. It also had Lenin holding together the hands of people of various race. This is also thought to be at the heart of the controversy. Although Nelson Rockefeller paid Rivera in full for his work‚ he later covered it up and had it destroyed
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They pondered the tactics of great leaders such as John D. Rockefeller‚ J. Pierpont Morgan‚ and Andrew Carnegie. The morals of these businessmen and their strategies were the leading topic of discussion‚ whether to classify them as "robber barons" or "industrial statesmen". Glancing at the achievements of these great figures in history it appears that not only were they entrepreneurs they were generous to the community. John Rockefeller gave $506‚816‚041.18 to various missionaries‚ education boards
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The Pope parallels the argument of Ida Tarbell against Rockefeller. Rockefeller perfectly displays Socialism and all of its aspects on a smaller scale using railroads. Rockefeller became the source of power in his realm of business. With this power he was able to yield a dictatorship relationship with his rival railroad companies which were much smaller and insignificant. Though Rockefeller might not have followed a just moral law‚ his company grew massively and suppressed
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