Gilded Age Robber Barons Monday 42015 Tuesday 421

Gilded Age Robber Barons

Monday, 4/20/15, Tuesday 4/21 1. Pass back papers from class drawer and write down homework. • • Achieve: Case of Roseburg Falls Apart, First Person in Space, and Lessons from the Cold War (due Friday) Progress Reports, Missing work, and Test Corrections are due Friday 2. Vocabulary Check (20 mins, no notes) 3. The Progressive Era Movie Guide • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=z-zt. Bdclk. YU

Wednesday, 4/22/15 1. Come in, sit down, write down your homework. 2. Homework: - Summary Questions due tomorrow - Achieve articles due Friday - Progress Reports, Missing work, and Test corrections due Friday - Share fieldtrip pictures with Mrs. Farley via Google Drive for extra credit.

Today we will…. -Examine and determine if Ford, Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt really were the men who made America. -Identify problems caused by modern industrialization and examine how different groups attempted to reform America.

Monopolies • Immigrants provide a huge source of cheap labor • Monopoly – company that dominates 1 industry • Some businessmen become wealth robber barons

Robber Barons o Wealthy and powerful businessmen o Use exploitative practices &government influence o Pay extremely low wages o Squash competition o Create monopolies & raise prices

Andrew Carnegie’s Mansion

Carnegie’s Dining room in Skibo Castle

Andrew Carnegie o Scottish immigrant o Founded Carnegie Steel Company o Philanthropist who gave away millions of $$$

The Biltmore Estate Ashville, NC Built by Vanderbilt family in the late 1800’s.

Cornelius Vanderbilt § Controlled shipping & railroads § Used vertical integration to control every part of the shipping industries

JP Morgan’s New York City Residence

JP Morgan’s Country Estate

JP Morgan § Banker & Financier § Bought Carnegie Steel to form US Steel § Bailed out the US government § Created GE

John D. Rockefeller’s Estate “Kykuit”

John D. Rockefeller § Founded Standard Oil § Became the richest man in history § Created an oil monopoly through Horizontal integration

Summary Questions/Exit Ticket 1. Name each of the figures: Steel King: Trust King Oil King: 2. What does each of their outfits symbolize?

Thursday, 4/23/15 • Please come in, and write down your homework. • Homework: • • Achieve: Case of Roseburg Falls Apart, First Person in Space, and Lessons from the Cold War (due Friday) Progress Reports, Missing work, and Test Corrections are due Friday • Please log-in to edmodo. com and complete the task: Weekly 5: 4/23 (timed 15 mins) • Complete Achieve 3000 readings after you are done.