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 UpIntro 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?

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?