Robber barons
The cotton industry depended totally on slave-labour, and as cotton became more and more profitable, Southern leaders fought hard to hold back the tide of Abolitionism, promoting slavery as a beneficial system, and eventually putting pressure on church ministers to preach that it was a God-given arrangement of master and man.
It was the mainstay of the cotton industry, their only source of wealth. As the debate heated-up through the 1850's, Southern leaders put pressure on church ministers to preach that slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of man and master, and that Abolitionists were wretched sinners, blaspheming against the Word. (The North, of course, preached the opposite.)
That it was the mainstay of the cotton industry, which accounted for half of America's exports. That the slaves were much better-off in America than they would be in Africa. That slavery was a perfect God-given arrangement of master and man.
It was the mainstay of the huge cotton trade that was the South's only major industry. That's why South was so highly motivated to preserve slavery, bringing religion into it, and declaring that it was a God-given arrangement of master and man.
He was given the title as our National Hero! :)
They were called Robber Barron’s. There were 400 families that were the richest of the rich and they lived like kings.
Robber barons
Robber barons
Those leaders were called Captains of Industry.
Robber barons
Those leaders were called Captains of Industry.
Robber barons
Robber barons
During the late 1800s, American industrialists got wealthy by creating monopolies and setting up trusts. The effectively kept all the wealth in the hands of a very small number of people because there was no competition.
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Cuba is given the title of a leader.
President.