To what extent was it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the late 19th century as either “robber barons” or “captains of industry”? Document A Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool”‚ however‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a combination which the leading roads have entered into to keep rates at a point where they will pay dividends to the stockholders. The railroads are not run
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Baron d’Holbach believes that there is no free will. In the eyes of d’Holbach everything is predetermined‚ this theory is commonly referred to as determinism. It goes like this: If all the laws of nature are deterministic in their essence and the initial conditions are set‚ then everything that happens after is set by those conditions and laws of nature. This‚ is the essence of d’Holbachs argument. We will further look into d’Holbachs argument and try to give additional support as to why his argument
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Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; Captains of industry‚ or robber barons? True‚ Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller may have been the most influential businessmen of the 19th century‚ but was the way they conducted business proper? To fully answer this question‚ we must look at the following: First understand how Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller changed market of their industries. Second‚ look at the similarities and differences in how both men achieved domination. And
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Many have debated that the industrial leaders following the 19th Century were "Robber Barron’s". However‚ in this very competitive time period‚ many new businesses were being formed. It took talented businessmen such as Vanderbilt‚ Carnegie‚ and Rockefeller to get ahead and keep the companies running‚ building America into what it is today‚ the most powerful nation in the world. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a classic Market Entrepreneur‚ succeeding by creating and marketing a superior product
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What makes John D. Rockefeller an effective leader? In his decades of business‚ one of the key characteristics that propelled Rockefeller to success was his strong leadership abilities. It wasn ’t his status‚ nor his age that made Rockefeller a great leader. Instead‚ it was his influence. People around him wanted to follow him; they were inspired by him to do more than they ever thought they were capable of. It was his ability to create a strong sense of teamwork and his own energy and passion
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D B Q PAGE 353 Write a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A–H and your knowledge of the period to answer the following question: To what extent is it justified to characterize the industrial leaders of the 1865–1900 era as either “robber barons” or “industrial statesmen”? DOCUMENT A. Q: How is the freight and passenger pool working? W.V.: Very satisfactorily. I don’t like that expression “pool‚” how- ever‚ that’s a common construction applied by the people to a
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After Reading of The Illusion of Free Will Baron d’Holbach‚ a famous French Philosopher‚ was a steadfast determinist. In his argument‚ he claims that no physical object can have free will at any time‚ including humans. Because humans have both primary and secondary qualities‚ humans belong to physical objects and Holbach’s theory of causal determinism can apply to humans. He also states that the causal chains determine everyone’s will in both physical and moral worlds‚ which means that all people
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Andrew Carnegie vs. John Rockefeller During the 1800’s‚ two men started as poor‚ working class citizens with a dream‚ a dream to become wealthy and be able to support their families. Both of these men made their dreams come true by ruthless tactics and sometimes were looked down on. These two men were Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller‚ the original entrepreneurs of America. Both men acquired mass fortunes and lived extravagant lives after they had retired‚ but they used their money for good;
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The Baron and His Baroness Before he left for a visit to his outlying districts‚ the jealous Baron warned his pretty wife‚ “Don’t leave the castle while I am gone‚ or I will punish you severely when I return!” But as the hours passed‚ the young Baroness grew lonely‚ and despite her husband’s warning decided to visit her lover who lived in the countryside nearby. The castle was located on an island in a wide‚ fast-flowing river‚ with a drawbridge linking the island to land at the narrowest point
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John D. Rockefeller was not a Robber Baron because he did nothing wrong‚ he was a product of the Industrial era‚ and played by its rules to attain the greatest victory‚ absolute economic success Rockefeller‚ Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? John D. Rockefeller was the first billionaire in the United States. He owned Standard Oil Company‚ and was the main person to organize the oil industry. When he was young‚ the company he was working for at the time sent him to oil country. He checked
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