Robber Barons Dbq Analysis

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To begin, these business leaders are considered Robber Barons because they created monopolies. According to an article by Bob Frost “Rockefeller’s oil company, invested a small fortune into political bribery,” (Doc. H). This reveals that Rockefeller is bribing costumers to buy their oil for a lower price, putting his competition out of business and creating a monopoly. Also, according to a political cartoon, the monopolies had so much power from their growing industries they able to overthrow the senate so that the people did not have a say anymore only the monopolies did. (Doc. L). This shows that Americans did not have much of a say on what happens in the senate when the monopolies took it over. If the business leaders did not create monopolies,