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

2. The Rise OF BIG BUSINESS?
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3. AIM
Students will analyze whether the rise of big business represent positive or negative change in the United States by completing agraphic organizer?

4. Recap: Big Business

5. TRUST GIANT’S POINT OF VIEW

6. THE PROTECTORS OF OUR INDUSTRIES

7. MONOPOLY

8. ROBBER BARONS OR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
Carnegie – Steel
Gospel of Wealth
Rockefeller - Oil
Morgan - Finance

9. ROBBER BARONS OR CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
“Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.”
Marshall Field:
Made his fortune in retail
PBS Article about Field

10. Made his fortune in Banking, Finance
ROBBER BARONS OR
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
JP Morgan:
Made his fortune in Banking, Finance

11. Made his fortune in steel
ROBBER BARONS OR
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
“I will not be in the position of having management dictated to by labor.”
Charles Schwab:
Made his fortune in steel

12. Cornelius Vanderbilt: Made his fortune in RRs and water transport
ROBBER BARONS OR
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
“I have always served the public to the best of my ability. Why? Because, like every other man, it is to my interest to do so.”
Cornelius Vanderbilt:
Made his fortune in RRs and water transport

13. Made his fortune in finance and oil
ROBBER BARONS OR
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY?
“Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.”
Andrew W. Mellon:
Made his fortune in finance and oil

14. Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
DIRECTIONS:
Create two images or ideas in your characters head representing a Robber Baron and a Capt. Of industry and then explain each image.
Do you think these men, in general, were captains of industry or robber barons? Explain.
What do you think was their true motivation regarding wealth, power, giving, and control?

15. Answer: AIM
Did the rise of big business represent positive or negative change in the United States?