National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry
A very thorough lesson plan from EDSITEment that explores the role of the robber barons in American industry in the 19th century. It explores the question of whether the robber barons were harmful or "Captains of Industry." You'll find...
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Read Works: People Who Built America: Vanderbilt
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Cornelius Vanderbilt, who helped to build America by providing transportation via railroads and steamboats so that America could expand.
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Digital History
Digital History: The Industrial Revolution [Pdf]
This site covers both the initial Industrial Revolution in the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and the second revolution that highlighted new inventions and the businessmen who financed industry. Read brief...
Digital History
Digital History: Empire 'S Challenge to Standard [Pdf]
In the era of big business and business tycoons in the late 19th century, John D. Rockefeller held a very high position. Read about how he thwarted an attempt by two railroad owners to keep Rockefeller from controlling all the oil...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Corporations and Cities
Brief historical description of the growth of corporations and trusts at the end of the 1800s and how that trend led to the growth of urban areas to house this corporate movement.
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A Classification of American Wealth: America in the Gilded Age
This site's section, which is part of a larger article on the Gilded Age, focuses on the railroad which began to grow in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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Museum of the City of New York: Cornelius Vanderbilt
A carte-de-visite (card photograph) of Cornelius Vanderbilt from the Musum of the City of New York.
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Museum of the City of New York: Cornelius Vanderbilt
A carte-de-visite (card photograph) of Cornelius Vanderbilt from the Musum of the City of New York.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt was involved in the New York Central Station.-E. Benjamin Andrews 1895
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornelius Vanderbilt
Known as the Commodore Vanderbilt and director of the Long Island Rail Road.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornelius Vanderbilt
A capitalist and philanthropist, born near Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, May 27, 1794; died in New York City, Jan. 4, 1877.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cornelius Vanderbilt
(1794-1877) "American capitalist and financier, born on Staten Island, NY." -Foster, 1921