What are the CRITICISMS of Big Business in the late 19th Century What are the CRITICISMS of Big Business in the late 19th Century? CARTOON ANALYSIS

“What a Funny Little Government”, by Horace Taylor for the September 25, 1899 issue of The Verdict THE TRUST GIANTS POINT OF VIEW “WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE GOVERNMENT” White House, President McKinley

Mark Hanna- iron and coal industrialist Philip Armour- meatpacking LABOR ONE SEES HIS FINISH UNLESS GOOD GOVERNMENT RETAKES THE SHIP Mark Hanna- iron and coal industrialist Philip Armour- meatpacking industrialist

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Joseph Keppler - 1889 political cartoon "The Bosses of the Senate",

“The Protectors of our Industry” 1883 Russell Sage- financier and Railroad executive William Henry Vanderbilt- railroads Cyrus Field- American Telegraph Company Jay Gould- Railroad Developer And speculator

Samuel Ehrhardt, ‘History Repeats Itself: The Robber Barons of the Middle Ages and the Robber Barons of Today’, Puck, c. 1889

On bottom of your T-chart….. Identify what you see as the most significant negative impact of the “rise of big business” write down a possible solution to the problem…. Challenge: what might the arguments be against the(se) solution(s)