<span>Robber barons were accused of eliminating competition through predatory pricing and then overcharging when they had a monopoly.</span>The term combines the concept of a criminal robber with an illegitimate aristocrat baron.The term "robber baron" contrasted with the term "captain of industry," which described industrialists who also benefitted society.<span>Nineteenth-century robber barons included J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Andrew W. Mellon, and John D. Rockefeller.</span><span>In order to prevent single companies from developing a monopoly over an entire industry, public officials during this era put passing and enforcing strong antitrust laws high on their agenda. </span>The term "robber baron" was applied to powerful nineteenth-century industrialists who were viewed as having used questionable practices to amass their wealth. On the other hand, "captains of industry" were business leaders whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way.
If we are talking about the revolutionary war, then congress was the leader of the colonies and therefore the army but George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army. Definitely at the beginning and almost all throughout the war the army was in bad shape often not having enough pay to send home to their families and often without proper clothing or food. Many men either ran away from the army or left as soon as their contract was up. The rebel army maintained decently steady numbers and only saw dramatic increases when the French and Spanish joined the war.
Radio shape modernism in the 1920s by making a mass culture. The radio made the music industry prosperous and new music styles were introduced. It also transformed the US into a single national market. Before radio, people had to wait for news such as sports to be published in newspapers.
