https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4 Period 8 en-us 2018-10-01 17:04:56 UTC 2018-10-01 17:21:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287746055 Although the upper class of the Gilded Age is revered for pioneering industry in America, their unethical business practices greatly harmed working class Americans and corrupted the government.]]> 2018-10-01 17:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287746055 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287746853 Although Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan are regarded as people who valued personal gain over all else, they created systems, jobs and infrastructure that benefited America in the long-term. ]]> 2018-10-01 17:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287746853 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287747233 Although robber barons like Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, and JP Morgan contributed greatly to the massive economic growth in the late nineteenth century, a great amount of their wealth was built at the detriment of the working class. These individuals employed intrusive business tactics like creating competitive trusts, built up their wealth by driving wages down and work hours up, and focused above all else on profits for personal gain.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287747233 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287747280 Although the robber barons contributed to massive economic success during the Gilded Age, their ability to be so emotionally detached leads to the exploitation of the working class and led to great tension that proved to further divide the working and upper class.]]> 2018-10-01 17:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287747280 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748318 Although Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan were responsible for the rapid economic growth during the Gilded Age, all three exploited their work forces by slashing wages, set up pools to increase profits, and manipulated the government to fuel their capitalistic practices.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748318 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748471 Although Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, and J P Morgan helped industrialize the United States greatly, the three Robber Barons exploited the capitalist system of government by forming competitive trusts, exploiting the working class, and using government aids to create and keep monopolies.]]> 2018-10-01 17:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748471 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748584 Although some may argue that Andrew Carnegie, J.P, Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller were just hard-working men who gained wealth fairly, and that the harsh working conditions their workers had  and the monopolies they formed were just the norm at the time, they did use the capitalist system unfairly to get ahead and obtain the accumulation of their own wealth above all else. ]]> 2018-10-01 17:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287748584 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752520 Although the members of the upper class were claimed to have worked hard to accumulate wealth, the robber barons exploited the government and working classes to obtain personal wealth above all.]]> 2018-10-01 17:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752520 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752526  Although large corporations of the gilded age held high regards in government as boosting the economy and establishing a stable system of business, the Robber Barons such as Andrew Carnegie, Morgan, and Rockefeller simply used cheap practices to create large scale monopolies that eliminated small companies and had no benefit to the majority of the American populace and on the contrary led to a greater void between the poor and rich.]]> 2018-10-01 17:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752526 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752707 Despite the fact that Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan supplied many people with jobs, these same employers have left a permanent scar on the working classes backs due the poor conditions, causing the formation of unions, and the monopolistic actions resulted of the formation of the anti-trust act.]]> 2018-10-01 17:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287752707 https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287753745 The industrial entrepreneurs of the Gilded Age, JP Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie accumulated wealth to help stabilize the economy, in reality, they hoarded profits solely for their personal benefits such as controlling politicians and by buying up competitors to create monopolies.]]> 2018-10-01 17:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/scheiblinge/lvhx58t9og4/wish/287753745