It was the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius who said, "A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions." The truth of this statement expands far past the ruins of an Ancient Rome and into the coffers of those great businessmen of America who changed the face of commerce in the country during the latter years of the nineteenth century and on into the twentieth century. Men such as J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and the colossal John D. Rockefeller represent the age where a young nation stretched its legs into the long fitting pants of capitalism. Many saw these giant men of commerce as robber barons, manipulators of huge monopolies that preyed on the public. Many others view them as validation for the American Dream. In such a light, they are pioneers of business in the "pursuit of happiness" or "Captains of Industry". Your task is to determine which of these interpretations is true using online resources and present your argument in the form of an essay.
Were industrial leaders of the late 19th and early 20th century captains of industry or robber barons?
The essay is to be 2-3 pages, Times New Roman 12 point, standard margins, APA style with at least 4 different sources.
DUE DATE: Friday, April 17, 2020
