America went through a time of industrialization in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. There were many influential people in that time such as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell. Many of these men were divided into two groups. The first was the titans of industry and the second were robber barons. Many people today wonder why Americans at that time divided these people up into these groups. This was because of what business they were involved in, how they competed against their rival businesses, and the treatment of their workers.
Men such as J. P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller were considered “robber barons” in their time. These men were very wealthy and had companies that took over any company that was like it. They almost had complete control over any business that competed with theirs. For example, John D. Rockefeller made millions off of the Standard Oil Company. His company easily grew and did well because of his timing and the circumstances that the economy was in. Another example of a robber baron is J. P. Morgan. He was a banker but he was very unfair to the people that he worked with. Some of the things that these two have in common are they were both very powerful in society and they had a lot of money from their business. Even though the business that they were in greatly affected the fact that they were robber
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They would do things such as criticize and publish things about journalists that were untrue just so they could help their business to grow larger. Another thing they did was bribe people to give them support. These people were usually government officials that could easily persuade people to do what they say. Robber barons used illegal techniques in order to try and get more money, but another thing that makes them a robber baron is their little care for their