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1 Bell Work 10/5/15 1.What is the difference between the men on top and the men on the bottom? 2.What is this picture trying to illustrate? 3.How does this artist feel about big business?

2 Big Business EQ: How did the Captains of Industry use new business methods to manipulate the market? I will choose and argue if the business strategies used by business tycoons during the second Industrial Revolution made them Captains of Industry or Robber Barons.

3 The Men and Their Methods Page 241-244 Business ManType of IndustryAccomplishments-Good and Bad 1. Henry FlaglerRailroads and HotelsMade small railroad companies into one big company he owned 2. Andrew Carnegie (241- 242) 3. John Rockefeller (243) 4. C. Vanderbilt(video) 5. JP Morgan(video)

4 Robber Barons/Cap Short Clip Vanderbilt JP Morgan

5 Bellwork 10/6/15 1.With a partner, pick a business that you are interested in taking over. This could be clothing, shoes, food, games, etc. 2.Using the definitions of vertical integration and horizontal integration on page 242, describe how you will take over this product. 3.Write down your response (minimum 1 paragraph) on a piece of paper and be ready to discuss. 4.Turn in for an assignment grade.

6 Essential Question How will people react to the large corporations taking advantage of the workers? I will explain the impact the Second Industrial Revolution had on the lives of Americans.

7 Questions from Reading 1.What does the theory of Social Darwinism teach? 2.Why would Carnegie have been unhappy with the Sherman Anti Trust Act? 3.How did vertical and horizontal integration differ?

8 Key Terms to Know – Read pages 245-249 and find these terms: American Federation of Labor Industrial Workers of the World Haymarket Affair Homestead Strike 1.What do you notice the workers doing? 2.What happens at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory that demands action from the people?

9 Bellwork 10/7/15 Social Darwinism Where did this theory get its name? Why is it called Social Darwinism? Who benefits from this theory the most and why?

10 Assignment Each group must create a cartoon illustrating business men during this time period as Captains of Industry(good) or Robber Barons(bad). Cartoon and Paper due today at end 1.Artist (responsible for the group’s cartoon) 2.Writer (responsible for written explanation of group’s choice and explanation of cartoon.)

11 Today—working rough draft planning sheet due 1.Pick Artist and Writer 2.Choose one individual from chart. 3.How will you portray him as Robber Baron or Captain of Industry—why? 4.Rough Draft: ideas for cartoon. 5.Both will due Thursday 1.One political cartoon 2.One summary (2 paragraph) explaining your cartoon

12 Examples Giving back (philanthropist)Greed/power

13 Paper: 2-3 paragraphs First paragraph will include thesis and background info. Highlight thesis. Explain clearly who you picked. Highlight evidence you cite. Second/Third will argue why he is a Robber Baron/Captain of Industry and NOT a Robber Baron/Captain of Industry(whichever you picked).


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