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1.) (if you can) Write a paragraph on how Powerful businessmen from the Industrial Age are bad

2.) Write a paragraph on how Powerful businessmen from the Industrial Age are good

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Powerful businessmen from the Industrial Age did a variety of things that are morally wrong. Firstly, they had their employees working in dangerous conditions for very low pay. They could do this because if one person quite, became seriously injured, or even had a fatal accident there was such an influx of job-needing immigrants that they could easily be replaced. Powerful businessmen also began influencing politics using their wealth, most notably Tammany Hall led by "Boss" Tweed.

Some businessmen from the Industrial Age believed in philanthropy. They donated large sums of their money to charitable causes before their passing, examples include Andrew Carnegie.

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