Today's Agenda

Learning Target:
I can describe the growth of industry in the United States, & I can assess its impact on American society.

Critical Vocabulary: Andrew Carnegie, Bessemer Process, Vertical Integration, J.P. Morgan, United States Steel Corporation,
John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil Company, trust, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Herbert Spencer,Social Darwinism, Interstate Commerce Act, Interstate Commerce Commission, Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Wage Slaves, Commonwealth v. Hunt, National Labor Union, Contract Labor Law, Knights of Labor, Terence V. Powderly, Haymarket Square Riot, American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers, strike fund, Molly Maguires, Pinkerton Detective Agency, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Homestead Strike, Henry C. Frick, Pullman Strike, Eugene V. Debs

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: How did a belief in laissez faire economics lead to the success of men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, and Carnegie?
2. Citizenship Question: Who does a U.S. Senator represent? 
   A. all people in the United States 
   B. all people in the Senator's state 
   C. only the people in the state who voted for the Senator 
   D. only people who belong to the political party of the Senator
3. Independent Learning: Captains of Industry Document Study
4. Reflection Question: Based on what you have read so far, were men such as Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, or Carnegie 'Captains of Industry' or 'Robber Barons'? Why?

Homework: The Age of Industry Reading