Robber Barons or Captains of Industry by Anayeli Chamu https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6 Modern Day People Who Are Building America en-us 2017-10-15 15:30:41 UTC 2024-05-30 01:29:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Horizontal Integration acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126087 The process in which firms engaged in the same type of business are combined into one large corporation.
*John D. Rockefeller]]> 2017-10-15 15:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126087 Vertical Integration acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126272 The combination that occurs when the company owns all the businesses on  which it depends on for operation 
*Andrew Carnegie]]> 2017-10-15 16:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126272 Monopoly acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126313 The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service. Company achieves control of entire market.
*John D Rockefeller]]> 2017-10-15 16:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126313 Trust acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126376 confidence placed in a person by making that person the nominal owner of property to be held or used for the benefit of one or more others.
*John D. Rockefeller]]> 2017-10-15 16:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126376 Free-Enterprise acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126405 Companies compete for customers by making a better product at a better price.
*Bill Gates]]> 2017-10-15 16:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126405 Philanthropy acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126504 The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes. Giving to charities, founding libraries and museums to aid the community.
*Bill Gates 
*Jeff Bezos]]> 2017-10-15 16:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126504 Lobbying acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126552 Seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue
*John D. Rockefeller]]> 2017-10-15 16:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126552 Globalization acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126602 The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
*Jeff Bezos ]]> 2017-10-15 16:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126602 Corporate Consolidation acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126654 Process in which overlapping parts of the company will be "right-sized". In other words, the company will eliminate positions that may or may not be redundant and lay-off those employees.
*Andrew Carnegie]]> 2017-10-15 16:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126654 Multinationals acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126698 A company operating in several countries.
*Bill Gates]]> 2017-10-15 16:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197126698 Entrepreneurs acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127065 2017-10-15 16:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127065 Robber Baron acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127162 Built fortunes by exploiting workers, formed anti-competitive trusts, and placed the accumulation of wealth above all else while engaging in some unethical and illegal business practices. ]]> 2017-10-15 16:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127162 Captains of Industry acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127251 Served the USA positively, created jobs, increased productivity, expanded markets.]]> 2017-10-15 16:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197127251 Jeff Bezos ($85.4 billion) acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197619457 2017-10-17 01:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197619457 John Davison Rockefeller ($336 Billion) acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197619841 2017-10-17 01:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197619841 Bill Gates (88.9 Billion) acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197622867 2017-10-17 01:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197622867 Anni Chamu P6 acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197624092 2017-10-17 02:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197624092 Why were so many of the richest Americans from the Gilded Age period? How is is different for Entrepreneurs today compared to those who acquired their wealth at turn of the century? acjaimes23 https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197624768 Some of the richest Americans were from the Gilded Age because they created innovations that ignited the industrial revolution in America. They also lacked competition and therefore where able to monopolize industries
Entrepreneurs who acquired their wealth at the turn of the century have created profit off of wealthy people rather than create a new industry that they monopolize. ]]> 2017-10-17 02:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/acjaimes23/ajc23p6/wish/197624768