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What is the difference between robber barons and captains of industry?

robber=bad captain=good


Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as what?

Robber Barons


What industry are the robber barons all connected with?

They were associated with the railroads.


How as the north after the civil war?

The Civil War propelled the northern industries into the age of the Robber Barons, the magnates of industry. American began its rise as an industrial wold power. Except for an economic crash or two, the North prospered.


During the industrial revolution critics called the powerful industrial leaders what?

Robber Barons

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What was the name given to the richest leaders of the industries in the late 1800s?

Robber barons


What was the name given to the richest leaders of the industries in the late 1800's?

Robber barons


Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as?

Robber barons


During the gilded age people who gained their wealth by stealing from the poor were known as?

During the Gilded Age, people who gained their wealth by stealing from the poor were known as "robber barons." These were individuals who amassed great fortunes through unethical business practices such as exploitation of workers and monopolistic control of industries.


Why was robber barons better than the other robber barons?

becauses hes a good guy


19th century industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller were called what?

Robber Barons


What were captains of industry?

Robber Barons


During the late 1800s what were the industrial leaders called?

Robber Barons. Or Captains of Industry. I'm not sure which one.


What is the difference between robber barons and captains of industry?

robber=bad captain=good


What is a characteristic of robber barons?

Robber barons where men such as big tycoons who held monopolies over others, meaning robber barons where greedy/selfish people who did not give back to society or treat people as well as "captains," captains were those wealthy that were looked upon as leaders.


What did critics of powerful industrialists refer to them as?

Robber barons


Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as what?

Robber Barons