Captains of Industry and Robber Barons

Authors

David Evensen, St. Cloud State University

Grade Levels

High School 9-12

Files

Description

As we move though our unit on the Gilded Age, we will spend time taking about the era’s Captains of Industry and Robber Barons. In this age, capitalism in the United States begins to reflect our current market economy. In this lesson we will see Captains of Industry and Robber Barons test the boundaries of that system. The emergence of men like Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan and how they bring about government subsidies, labor reform, money in politics, political corruption, and larger government over-site in commerce, industry, and labor.

Publication Date

1-8-2016

Keywords

lesson plan, Gilded Age, capitalism

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | United States History

Recommended Citation

Evensen, David, "Captains of Industry and Robber Barons" (2016). Curriculum Unit on the Gilded Age in the United States. 1.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/gilded_age/1

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