INDUSTRIALISTS IN THE LANE NINETEENTH CENTURY SHOULD BE CALLED “ROBBER BARONS” OR “CAPTAINS OF THE INDUSTRY”

This a discussion post I will post online to my classmates if that helps with anything.
We are free to use our text book http://www(dot)americanyawp(dot)com/text/16-capital-and-labor/
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Any of the chapters 15-18 may help you with this question from the textbook.
I attached another piece of material that was given by our professor for this prompt. Thank you!
PROMPT
SCENARIO: You are on a long trans-Atlantic flight from Heathrow Airport (London, UK) to DFW Airport (Dallas-Ft. Worth, USA) seated next to a Brit. After chit-chatting for awhile, you mention that you have been taking this course. He asks you, "I understand that there is often a debate in your country as to whether those industrialists at the end of the 19th century should be called "Robber Barons" or "Captains of Industry," what is your analysis?"
What would you say to your seat-mate? In your answer, you must provide a clear thesis statement (which states your position). You must discuss a minimum of FOUR industrialists or industries, must include a minimum of TWO primary sources (from which you pull evidence and analyze in a meaningful way), and you must utilize specific and detailed historical facts (which can be specific people, events, places, or ideas/concepts).
Be sure to properly cite using Turabian/Chicago style FOOTNOTES
Instructions
Click on your Learning Community in the course menu to your left and access your group discussion board.
You must make an initial post, according to the instructions below, before you will see other students' posts.
For your initial post, you must start a new discussion thread to respond to the prompt above. The subject line of the thread should be your last name.
After posting initially, check out what others have written and thoughtfully and substantively reply to at least THREE other participants.
Note - While you only need to reply to THREE people, you are strongly encouraged to participate more by replying to several people. Not only will this help deepen your thoughts on this week's materials, it will also increase your chances of getting full credit on at least three comments/replies.
Requirements
Use only the materials provided in the course module or your assigned textbooks. We have vetted all materials in this course and other materials may or may not be appropriate for college level work. I will downgrade anyone who uses outside materials.
Remember what you have learned about thesis statements and evidence in the Historical Methods Portfolio. Your post should have a thesis statement and it should have both primary and secondary source evidence in support of the thesis
Don't quote secondary sources. Paraphrase in your own words and then cite instead.
You must properly cite using the Turabian/Chicago style that you can find under "Writing Help" in the course menu to your left.
Grading Guidelines
NOTE: We will grade the very first post you make as your initial post. Therefore, do not access the discussion board until you are ready to post. If you make an empty post and then come back later and make an initial post, we will grade the first empty post and you will earn a 0. We hate to be so draconian but we have had issues in the past with students posting "hi" or an empty post and then copying from what others have submitted. This is unfair to those students who submit early and do their own original work.
After you make your initial post, you will respond to three other students (or the instructor) with meaningful comments. "I agree," "I'd never thought about that," or other "me, too" type posts are not meaningful. Meaningful posts respond to the historical content of the original poster and add to the historical conversation.
Initial Posts will be worth up to 70 points and each comment is worth up to 10 points (30 total). Initial posts are graded upon logic, clarity, weight of evidence, historical context, and following of instructions. Comments are graded upon historical content, logic, clarity, and moving the discussion along.
Discussions are a group exercise, therefore you should post early and often. Pay attention to deadlines for the initial posts to be made. Students who always post at the very last minute are not participating in the teamwork inherent in answering this prompt and furthering discussion and will not do as well on this assignment.