Who were the leaders in the railroad industry during the 1800s? (example: who got rich from the railroad industry? )

The major Industry leaders were Andrew Carnegie who was the king of steel, John D. Rockefeller who monopolized the oil industry, Cornelius Vanderbilt who was the most powerful railroad tycoon, and he built the Transcontinental Railroad and JP Morgan. All of these men were very rich.

i would have to say i believe that it is a.

the options of this question are:

a) president wilson’s desire to form the league of nations  

b) germany’s desire for reasonable conditions of surrender and fair treatment.  

c)europe’s desire to maintain original pre-war borders  

d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions

the correct answer is d) the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions.

the allies’ desire to seek retribution for germany’s actions had the greatest influence on how germany was treated after world war i.

it is estimated that the cost of wwi was around 260 billion dollars, and the allies wanted germany to pay a big part for the losses. the allies also wanted to impose land losses as well as limit the army of germany and confiscate their industrial resources to apply the retribution.

in the united states, president woodrow wilson created the fourteen points to be delivered to germany, as a peace program. he presented these documents to the u.s. congress in january 1918.