Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Industrialism Thesis Statements

We have not reviewed all of these, but there are some good ideas in here if you are willing to do some revisions. I've added a few suggestions of my own as well. Please review them and the evidence we generated last week to help you prepare your essays.


Throughout Carnegie's and Rockefeller's hard work  they helped the government through their business, and helped other people who work at their business

One need not judge the ethical lapses of the early industrialists by modern standards to determine that they were more selfish “Robber Baron” than they were “Captains of Industry.”
Even their contemporaries pointed out how wrong their behavior was, and the subsequent union and reform movements that followed on the heels of the rise of industry confirm it.


It was a good time, the industrials took advantage of the time period that they were in, and they had one nothing wrong. There were no rules established. After big business had gotten were they were it let the US see how big and how far business and expand and be, the relations between government and business. The owners also paved a road for the future company owners fallow, should the right and wrong way the run business. It also opened up many job opportunities for Americans.

I think that they helped form the U.S. because their big bussinesses helped created jobs, their products were sold at a lower price, and helped to form the relationship between government and business.

Industrialization, with the help of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and other major industrialists grew for the better. If it wasn't for these industrialists, we might not be as advanced as we are today. Even though some of their methods of success weren't the most desirable, they helped America in a bunch of ways like with standardization. They helped with big business which lowered prices, separate departments and expert management

It is not fair to judge historical figures by modern standards. Judged by contemporary standards, all of the great industrialists achieved great success that, in time,  brought a great deal of prosperity to a great many people.


They helped the U.S. become what it is today. I beleive that they did NOT hurt our society. Without the railroads and oil our society would not be what it is today. Without what they did we would not have an oil company which Rockefeller invented. We still use it today. Rockefeller's invention was so helpful and we still use it today. His family now still lives off the money he made a couple 100 years ago. Carnegie without him we would not have the railroad. We would have never been able to adapt to a new car system that we have today without him. These to industrialists did help our society and did help what we do and use today.

Industrialists like Carnegie and Rockefeller did make the US a better place, in my opinion. Especially Rockefeller, because they both gave to the poor, but Rockefeller did it for more than just making himself look good. They both do enrich them selves, but their not robber barons, because they don't really do it at the expense of others.

Industrialists of the 19th century may not live up to modern ethical standards, but they came along at a time of rapid change and laid the groundwork for the prosperity enjoyed by the modern world.

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