Captains+of+Industry

Captains of Industry-

> - Robber Barons vs Captains of Industry
 * **Captains of Industry definition**- captains of industry was the positive/ more efficient way of producing a mass amount of goods while keeping the resources, and workers in mind. The captains of industry were a huge part of the 19th century because they were big manufacturing companies that produced massive amounts of items that were sold to the public. Some big captains of industry names were John D. Rockefeller who founded and sold standard oil. Another big name was Andrew Carnegie who had investments in railroads along with the founding of the Carnegie Steel Company which he sold steel to J.P Morgan, who was also a very big name in the Captains of Industry era. These very wealthy men were considered Captains of Industry because they increased productivity, made more jobs, and made many important goods for the people. The term Robber Barron comes up a lot when talking about Captains of industry because Captains of Industry was basically the way big companies should treat their workers and provide a comfortable work place.
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- Newspaper comic symbolizing that Captains of Industry were so powerful that they were arguably more powerful than the law.

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 * Alfried Krupp-**
 * Alfried Krupp was the son of famous Gustav Krupp, and he was born Essen Germany August 13, 1907. Krupp was born into a very wealthy family that owned and operated Germanys largest armaments company. Alfried took over the company during the WW1 era and was responsible for supplying the German army with the necessary materials such as bombs, guns, tanks, and ammunition. All though Alfried Krupp was a very successful and power full business leader like John D. Rockefeller, he was also a Robber Barron and treated his workers very poorly. He is the perfect example of a Robber Barron, because he was powerful man but he was a ruthless boss. For example he took 100,000 inmates from the concentration camps and made them work in factories for long countless hours. The worst part was that Krupp didn’t care about how brutal his guards were, he just wanted the materials to be made. It was estimated that over 70,000 of the workers died in those factories due to the guards harsh punishment. After the war Krupp was found guilty of being a war criminal. He was also accused and was responsible for the horrific treatment that the people that worked in his factories had to go through.
 * [[image:61501604.PortraitofGermanindustrialistAlfriedKruppJuly61963inEssenGermany.jpg]]

- Alfried Krupp on top.


 * Alfried Krupp and How he was a Robber Barron and a Captain of Industry-**
 * Alfried Krupp could be Considered a Captain of Industry and he very well could be considered a Robber Barron. He could be considered a Captain of Industry just for one reason, he was a very successful business owner and he helped make a more efficient way on how to produce goods. Now he could be called a Robber Barron because he was a successful business man but his methods were very extreme. He didn’t care about his workers, all he wanted was for the work to get done which is exactly what did happen but it costs thousands of lives.

- - Picture above shows what some of the factories would've looked like inside, and as you can see it is highly dangerous and there is much suffering going on.

- **Bibliography**

1) Simkin, John. "Alfried Krupp." Spartacus Educational. Web. <[]>.

2) Pollick, Michael. "What is a Captain of Industry." WiseGEEK. Web. <[]>.

3) "Alfred Krupp." DISCovering World History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. From William G. Ratliff, "Alfred Krupp." Great Lives from History, Frank N. Magill, ed. Renaissance to 1900 Series, Vol. 1. Salem Press, 1989. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.

4) Krupp Family." //Encyclopedia of World Biography//, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998. Reproduced in History Resource Center. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. [|http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/History/]

5) Carnegie, Andrew. "Chapter XIII The Age of Steel." //Chapter XIII The Age of Steel// (1920). Print. [] I choose this one as my Autobiography because Andrew Carnegie was a very important part of the Captains of Industry, and he was also one of the first people to ever become a Captain of Industry.