Thursday, October 2, 2014
Trial Reflection
Today Wednesday Oct. 1, in class did our trial, where half of the class were against four important figures which were, Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, and Carnegie, saying that they did bad by hurting the country, caring only on success and money. The other half of the class were pro them, saying that they were a great because they were great leader and helped many. The pro side said things about those figure such as that they had donated 350 million dollars, in libraries, and founded thousands of institutions, donated 1 million dollars to Vanderbilt University, helped people come across New York and give people free rights and such. Others that were against those four figures thought that they were a bad figure for America because they would, cut of money of other businesses, railroads and transportation just get through his way, and they'd also make their workers starve, because of the unlimited amount of money that they would get paid.
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Although some of the methods of these buisness moguls were harsh, they were necessary to get America where it is today.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nate. Also, they donated tons of money to the nation and they made the nation well developed. For example, Vanderbilt created a united system for the railroad, Carnegie incorporated many technological innovations into the production of steel, and JP Morgan aided the government during the depression of 1895. Although they are harsh, they contributed a lot to the society.
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