Big Business and Labor
What are we studying today?
Terms & Names •Andrew Carnegie •vertical and horizontal integration •Social Darwinism •John D. Rockefeller •Sherman Antitrust Act •Samuel Gompers •American Federation of Labor (AFL) •Eugene V. Debs •Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) •Mary Harris Jones
A PERSONAL VOICE ANDREW CARNEGIE “ One morning a white envelope was lying upon my desk, addressed in a big John Hancock hand, to ‘Andrew Carnegie, Esquire.’ . . . All it contained was a check for ten dollars upon the Gold Exchange Bank of New York. I shall remember that check as long as I live. . . . It gave me the first penny of revenue from capital—something that I had not worked for with the sweat of my brow. ‘Eureka!’ I cried. ‘Here’s the goose that lays the golden eggs.’” —Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
Contrast vertical and horizontal integration
What is Social Darwinism?
Why was social Darwinism harmful to the United States?
What does a Trust do?
Why can a Trust be a bad thing?
How does Rockefeller succeed in business?
What is a Robber Baron?
What was the major flaw of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
Why does the government stop enforcing the Sherman Act?
Why does the South lag behind the growth of the North?
What was a day like for a worker?
Why was is child labor harmful?
What was an early success for the unions?
What is Craft Unionism?
Who was Samuel Gompers?
What is a drawback to Craft Unionism?
What philosophy did Eugene Debs embrace?
Why can socialism be called the opposite of capitalism?
What is the lasting impact of the Haymarket Riot on the police?
Why does the Homestead Strike fail to achieve its objective?
What was the result of the Pullman Strike?
Who was Mother Jones?
Why does the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire cause such outcry?
What are ways companies tried to break unions?