American Industrialization: Industrialists’ Biography During American industrialization in the late 1800s, industrialists controlled industries and became very wealthy. Some Americans viewed them positively as smart & helpful “captains of industry”, while other Americans viewed them negatively as ruthless & greedy “robber barons”.

The first map shows colonial powers and their holdings (1945). the second map shows human development worldwide. compare the two maps. what do the maps indicate about regions that gained independence in the second half of the twentieth century? they differ in their development patterns. they are as developed as their colonial powers. they are more developed than their colonial powers. they remain less developed than their colonial powers.