Andrew Carnegie
J Pierpont Morgan
Rockefeller
2007-03-11 15:41:24 · 2 answers · asked by Laterm341 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Robber barons - their fortunes were built on the underpaid labor of immigrants working 12 hours a day for starvation level wages. And when their workers went on strike to protest, the robber barrons had the government use the National Guard to break the strikes.
2007-03-11 15:53:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little bit of both, actually. Carnegie was a complex guy. Made a fortune building steel mills and gave a good part of it away building libraries and other charitable causes
Probably more of a statesman, with a bit of robber baron over the way he treated some of his factory workers.
Morgan was a banker, so robber baron, for the most part.
Rockefeller was the first guy to get rich off oil. His descendants have done some good things as public servants, so I won't go too hard on the guy. But he is probably more responsible for the current climate crisis than almost anyone in history (maybe Henry Ford).
2007-03-11 22:55:48 · answer #2 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋