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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.


Critics of powerful industrialists referred to them as?

Robber barons


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

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


Why was robber barons better than the other robber barons?

becauses hes a good guy


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

Robber Barons


Who were some political bosses of the gilded age?

The bosses of the gilded age were usually corrupt and received payment from the robber barons. Some of these bosses were Boss Tweed and the political machine of Tammany Hall. The corruption extended to include some of the presidents.


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

Robber Barons


What were captains of industry?

Robber Barons


What are three examples of the Robber Barons' business and labor practices that have been considered unfair?

During the medival Times, The Robber Barons cheated workers out of pay, consented to a higher nobility to over tax their workers and often forced free labor.


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

robber=bad captain=good


What page of Howard Zinn's book- people's history talks about the Gilded Age?

It is Chapter 11 entitled Robber Barons. Also, if your looking for interesting recent work done on the gilded age, you may want to read Cecelia Tichi's book, "Civic Passions," which draws parallels between the first gilded age and our own time.


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.