Captain or Robber? 04/11/2011

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Were wealthy Industrialists Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
What is ONE reason that you believe John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, OR Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry?
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What is ONE reason that you believe John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, OR Andrew Carnegie  is a Robber Baron?

 

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CEG

04/12/2011 16:21

I believe that Cornelius Vanderbuilt was a Robber Baron because he wasnt a very generous man. Although Cornelius was the 2nd richest American, he was not the type of guy that would donate to a charity or a fund(not a Philanthropist).Cornelius Vanderbuilt was more interested on spending money on himself rather than giving to the poor.This is one reason i believe that Cornelius Vanderbuilt was a Robber Baron.
One reason I believe that Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry was because he was a Philanthropist and he wanted to donate money to charities. Andrew Carneige had wanted to build sucessful buisnesses to employ millions of Americans.Andrew Carnegie wanted safer working conditions for the people that were woking for him.This was one reason I choose Andrew Carneige as a Captain of Industry.

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CEG

04/12/2011 16:24

I believe that Cornelius Vanderbilt was a Robber Baron because he wasn’t a very generous man. Although Cornelius was the 2nd richest American, he was not the type of guy that would donate to a charity or a fund(not a Philanthropist).Cornelius Vanderbilt was more interested on spending money on himself rather than giving to the poor. This is one reason i believe that Cornelius Vanderbilt was a Robber Baron.
One reason I believe that Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry was because he was a Philanthropist and he wanted to donate money to charities. Andrew Carnegie had wanted to build successful businesses to employ millions of Americans. Andrew Carnegie wanted safer working conditions for the people that were working for him. This was one reason I choose Andrew Carnegie as a Captain of Industry.

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I.N

04/12/2011 17:26

Wealthy industrialists were Captains of Industry because they helped society. Andrew Carnegie was a Captain of Industry because he gave a lot of his money to the community and donated to librarys. He also helped the industry with his buisiness. Even though some people may say some wealthy industrialists were robber barons such as Cornelius Vanderbilt for owning a lot of railroad he was not because he helped the nation grow just like Andrew Carnegie. Wealthy Industrialists put there money to good use.

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ECK

04/12/2011 18:21

Wealthy industrialists were not all robber barons, but in my eyes they all treated the lower class with little to no respect. Cornelius Vanderbelt is only one example of what you could consider a Robber Baron.He definitely could not have been considered a philanthropist.Cornelius did not donate or help any part of society.All he focused on was gaining more money for his fortune.Cornelius had nothing to offer that would make him a captain of Industry,even being the 2nd richest man in the United States.For these reasons Cornelius Vanderbelt was a Robber Baron.

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