Warm Up: What is this Image Trying to Show Us? Describe What You See. Who Might This Be? Why Do You Think This Person Is Drawn This Way?

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Your Warm-up... Do you see an old woman or a young lady?

Advertisements

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

 Review Quiz on Sections 1-3 Industrial Revolution.

America prior to the shift towards Business & Industry 1600s-Civil War.

Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie was a steel magnate, self-made businessman and millionaire. In 1892 the workers called a strike at his steel plant in Homestead,

Unit 1: The Gilded Age Industrialization. Have you ever used any of these products? What company created these products? Who was the man behind the creation.

The Growth of Big Business The Rise of Big Business.

Warm-Up 4/10 If you could be the owner of any type of company, what would it be? Why?

Chapter 19, Section 2 Big Business

US History Mrs. McClary.  1870’s US spans from Atlantic to Pacific.  Pacific Railway Act (1862) linked railroads to form the Transcontinental Railroad.

Robber Baron: a wealthy person who tries to get land, businesses, or more money in a way that is dishonest or wrong.

Aim: How did the Industrial Revolution transform American business

Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? Perspectives of Entrepreneurs.

John D. Rockefeller. He made his money from oil. He controlled Standard Oil – a monopoly.

Industrialists Inventions Vocabulary Industrialization.

 Though a century has passed since the heyday of the great industrialists and financiers, debate continues: were these men captains of industry, without.

American Business Leaders ( see pgs. 27 in study packet)

Room in your home Technology found there Kitchen Living Room Bedroom Bathroom Classroom Technology Survey.

Do Now: Page 37- paste in notebook and create a title for this picture in THREE mins! Title: ______________________ O Object A man with a big head and.

Welcome Back! Warm-UP Monday 4/16 In your notebook list 3 important things you learned about industrialism before spring break.

L6: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry The Shifting Size and Scope of the National Government: Part One Agenda Objective: 1.To debate whether the corporate.

Big Business The American Dream or the American Nightmare.

The Rise of Big Business

BUSINESS NOTES. Besides improvements in technology and cheap labor, what else was needed to industrialize? shrewd business leaders entrepreneurs to gamble.

Industrial Giants “Captains of Industry” or “Robber Barons”

 Sumner says about the business leaders that “…their own wealth… and millions more… scattered in the hands of thousands, would not exist but for them.”

The Development of Industrial America American Studies I can understand how America became an industrial leader and the effects of industrialization.

Industrialization 1850’s Inventions that lead to Industrialization Thomas Edison & Menlo Park Thomas Edison & Menlo Park Light bulb, Phonograph,

Railroads & Big Business

Mr. Hood U.S. History.  Because of Industrialization we see the development of expanding markets.  That means that old markets were expanded and new.

Big Business Emerges 6, sec. 3.

Unit VI – A Growing America Chapter 19 Section 2 – Big Business Lecture Station.

Creation of Monopolies

Big Business in the Late 19 th Century Aim: Were big business leaders “robber barons” or “captains of industry”?

US HISTORY: SPICONARDI Captains of Industry and Robber Barons: Business Tycoons.

Warm Up 1/25 What technology was needed to clear the snow this weekend? If we couldn’t clear it, how would the economy have been affected?

Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?

 Do you think millionaires and Billionaires should share their money with the public? explain June 29, 2011.

Your Warm-up Do you see an old woman or a young lady?

Tuesday Challenge What is the “Industrial Revolution”? What is “Mass Production”?

Were the American Industrialists “Captains of Industry” or “Robber Barons”?

 Bellwork:  Hand in multiple choice questions if you didn’t last class.  In your notebook: What is a monopoly? (if you’re struggling, think of the game…)

Students will be able to define: “Big Business” Interstate commerce Act Sherman Anti-Trust Act Clayton Anti-Trust Act.

Learning Target: I can analyze various primary and secondary sources to determine if the businessmen of the Gilded Age “captains of industry” or “robber.

"ROBBER BARONS" OR "CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY"?. Bellwork terms to define:  Robber Baron: an American capitalist who got rich at the expense of others, exploited.

14-3: Big Business emerges –What is it? –Andrew Carnegie- Tycoon or Robber Baron?

Big Business. TR Personality, Politics and Presidency Read about TR’s personality, politics and presidency Based upon this information, what kind of president.

Robber Barons vs. Captains of Industry

Philanthropists and Robber Barons

Good Afternoon!!!! No NVC  HOT ROC: Modern Monopoly

Trusts and Monopolies Objective: The student will explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big.

Warm up – 1/30 Please begin quietly working on the Philosophies of Industrialists handout on your desk. Please answer the 2 questions on each excerpt.

American History DO NOW: Who would you chose to be – Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, or Morgan? Name their business. Tell why you would.

9-4 Modern Industrialization

Team Leader’s meeting – after Benchmark

Big Business and Organized Labor

For some, it seemed as if everything was layered in gold

ESS THURSDAYS IN LIBRARY!

Do Now: Andrew Carnegie Biography – Read/highlight & answer question

Should wealthy individuals, due to their success, be expected to give back to their communities? DO NOW!!!

Big Business in the Gilded Age

Unit 4: The Gilded Age

American Entrepreneurs

Chapter 19, Section 2 Big Business

The Industrial Revolution

Big Business: Textbook Ch. 6 sec. 3, Jarrett ch. 5

Growth of Big Business As industrial capabilities grew, so did the wealth of some company owners.

Presentation transcript:

Warm Up: What is this Image Trying to Show Us? Describe What You See. Who Might This Be? Why Do You Think This Person Is Drawn This Way?

Agenda Warm Up Intro to Captains of Industry  HW: Complete the Captains of Industry Packet  Project Due Tuesday Library Research Day after lunch go directly to the library

Should These Business Men Be Considered Captains of Industry or Robber Barons? CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY: A Businessman That Used His Wealth To Benefit The Country Robber Baron: Businessman That Became Extremely Wealthy usually through unfair business practices.

John D. Rockefeller: J P Morgan Andrew Carnegie Cornelius Vanderbilt Can we name any modern places named after any of these men?

Captains of Industry or Robber Barons? Use the sources that were handed out to find out information on the Four Businessmen. You should fill in:  The companies they owned  The industry they were involved in  Positive information you find  Negative information you find  Whether you think the man is a Robber Baron or Captain of Industry (y/n)

Sherman Antitrust Act, 1890 A majority of industry was controlled by a small group of businessmen (think Rockefeller, Morgan, etc.) This law was created to break-up trusts and monopolies. Read about the Sherman Antitrust Act and answer the questions.

Project Today we will be going to the library in order to begin researching an inventions project! Document camera

Conclusion Why would the government take these actions against the likes of Vanderbilt and Morgan? Was this the right thing for the United States Government to do?