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• How “laissez faire” politics led to the monopolization of specific industries during the 19th Century and how monopolies impacted workers and consumers.
• How and why “robber barons” or “captains of industry” took risks and to what extent their enterprise impacted the distribution of wealth in American society. • How and why labor unions formed during the 19th Century and to what extent their leadership bred opposition and results (e.g., Knights of Labor and Terrence Powderly, AFL and Samuel Gompers, American Railway Union and Eugene V. Debs, United Mine Workers and “Mother” Jones). • How and to what extent various labor groups demonstrated and benefited from union tactics during the 19th Century (e.g., the Molly Maguires, the Railroad Strike of 1877, the Haymarket Affair, the Homestead Strike and the Pullman Strike). • How Gilded Age entrepreneurs took risks to develop and monopolize industries and how their efforts impacted the economic development and cultural progress of the United States (e.g., John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan). • How “Captains of Industry” and Boss politicians defended the acquisition of wealth and power during the Gilded Age (e.g., Andrew Carnegie and “The Gospel of Wealth”, John D. Rockefeller, George Pullman, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall). Bessemer Process Union Pacific/Central Pacific = Transcontinental Railroad Standard Oil Munn vs. Illinois Thomas Edison (light bulb, phonograph, motion pictures, research lab) Alexander Graham Bell (telephone) typewriter Wabash case Sherman Antitrust Act National Labor Union Knights of Labor American Federation of Labor Haymarket Square riot Terrence Powderly Samuel Gompers, American Railway Union Pullman Strike trust scab lockout yellow-dog contract blacklist Railroad Strike 1877 Homestead Strike 1892 “Mother” Jones Molly Maguires John D. Rockefeller George Pullman Andrew Carnegie Gospel of Wealth Horatio Alger Social Darwinism Cornelius Vanderbilt J. P. Morgan vertical integration horizontal consolidation trust laissez-faire capitalism robber barons/captains of industry philanthropy open shop closed shop |
Guided Reading Expansion of Industry (starts page 832) Guided Reading Big Business Rise of Big Business worksheets Guided Reading Creation of Monopolies Guided Reading Labor Unions Labor worksheets Pullman Strike Activity Homestead Strike Activity from Zinn (excellent) Ethics in American History: Rise of Big Business Labor & the Haymarket Affair SHEG Haymarket Lesson SHEG Pullman Strike Lesson Example of a Yellow Dog Contract Close reading activity of Gospel of Wealth Outstanding information on tobacco, cigarette production, labor unrest, Knights of Labor, and a lame Durham strike Questions for above Photo analysis activity
Puget hop pickers photograph Boiler room, sugar factory coal breaker boys photo analysis chart for above Men Who Built America Vanderbilt Viewing Guide Rockefeller Viewing Guide Episode 3 Carnegie Episode 4 Carnegie part 2 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Complete Viewing Guide |