was transforming into a powerful country due to the accomplishments of inventors, business men, thinkers, and writers. However little to no people with “political power” had anything to do with america’s growth. The easiest way to describe america’s government during this time is as a Plutocracy. A plutocracy is a government run by the wealthy. The robber barons used their wealth to influence political figures and manipulate the way the government was run. As the power of these robber barons grew it was hard to be controlled by the government. These fat cats used this power to manipulate the stock market in their favor and also bribe politicians and government officials. Now that the government was out of the way the robber barons were free to run their business however they