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Terms that are on use on this site.
There are 132 entries in this glossary.
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| Robber barons |
Businessmen of the 19th century who engaged in unscrupulous business practices (in industry and in the stock market) to amass huge personal fortunes. Historians include in this list individuals like Andrew Carnegie (steel), Jay Gould (finance, railroads), J.P. Morgan (banking), John D. Rockefeller (Oil ) and Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads, shipping).
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