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Captain of Industry or Robber Baron? : - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Captain of Industry: Henry payed his workers 5$ a day which was double the average wage. Ford is also still a huge company to this day which shows how far they've come.
- - - - In the early 1870s, he entered the steel business, and over the next two decades became a dominant force in the industry.
        
        Andrew started his business in Pittsburgh
        
        The life of a 19th-century steel worker was grueling. Twelve-hour shifts, seven days a week. Carnegie gave his workers a single holiday-the Fourth of July; for the rest of the year they worked like draft animals.
        
        Robber Baron: He worked his employees very hard and tried to eliminate competition to make all the money he could.
- - - - He entered the then-fledgling oil business in 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio refinery. In 1870, he established Standard Oil, which by the early 1880s controlled some 90 percent of U.S. refineries and pipelines.
        
        Where? 1863 by investing in a Cleveland, Ohio refinery
        
        Rockefeller always treated his employees with fairness and generosity. He believed in paying his employees fairly for their hard work and often handed out bonuses on top of their regular salaries.
        
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