Document A (Robber Baron) Specific Details (Analysis) Wealthy men sitting on bags of money Laborers doing all of the work Mistreatment of workers Outside.

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Document A (Robber Baron) Specific Details (Analysis) Wealthy men sitting on bags of money Laborers doing all of the work Mistreatment of workers Outside Information #9: Uneven Distribution of Income #3: Homestead Strike

Document B (Captain of Industry) Specific Details (Analysis) Benefits to U.S. manufacturing and power Outside Information #2: Global Competition with Britain and Germany

Document C (Captain of Industry) Specific Details (Analysis) Philanthropy Outside Information #1 and #6: Specific acts of philanthropy

Document D (Robber Baron) Specific Details (Analysis) Abuse of Railroads Outside Information Grangers Populists Questionable business tactics #5: Vanderbilt

Document E (Robber Baron) Specific Details (Analysis) More power than the U.S. government Outside Information #4: J.P. Morgan #7: Rockefeller #8: Gould and Fisk

Document F (Captain of Industry) Specific Details (Analysis) Technological Innovators Entrepreneurs Outside Information #10: Patents

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