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John D Rockefeller Robber Barons Workers Revolt Working Conditions Child Labor UNIONS FORM Great Strike of 1877 Haymarket Strike Homestead Strike Pullman Strike. Captains of Industry?. U.S. History. Mrs. . B. Robber Baron or Captain of Industry?. Robber Baron. late-nineteenth-century industrialists, especially those who . overly displayed . their wealth . Wealthy . CLP – Main Collection Strengths. Heritage Collection – 1895 . Andrew Carnegie influences:. Science & Technology – industrial development. Architecture and decorative arts (Bernd Collection). 2013-2014. The Argumentative Essay. United States History. An argument is…. . The . reasonable. , . educated opinion. of a writer that . establishes a claim. e Carnegie Moscow Center andtheCarnegie Endowment do not take institutional positions onpublic policy issues; theviews represented here are theauthor’s own anddo not necessarily reect t The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, (Northeastern University Press, 1986). Hakim, Joy. History of US Book #8: An Age of Extremes, (Oxford, 2002). Lichtenstein, Nelson, et al. Who Built America?: Fro Japan’s power monopolies raise costs and stifle innovation. . Ten regional monopolies (including TEPCO) are stifling innovation. Green technology needs more work (Needs more academic funding). Some politicians in favor of monopolies/ others against them. Monopoly. -A situation in which a . single. . company. . owns. all or nearly all of the . market. for a given type of . product. or . service. . . No competition!!!. Cartel. loose . association of businesses making the same product, that agree to share certain business practices, such as same pricing.. Changes in Business. Vertical Integration. Controlling your suppliers. Horizontal Integration. Similar companies merging. Social Darwinism. Natural Selection. Robber Barons. Shrewd and successful businessmen of the late 1800s. Chapter Six. Industrial Growth and Systematic Management. Growth of enterprise was facilitated by transportation and communication revolutions as well as manufacture by interchangeable parts.. Alfred D. Chandler Jr.. Please begin quietly working on the Philosophies of Industrialists handout on your desk. Please answer the 2 questions on each excerpt.. During this time, please have your notebook/notes out for a note check (participation grade).. More than Just a game. Why did Big Business grow?. Availability of work force. National markets created by transportation. Lower-cost production. Inventions. Advertising. Financial resources. Access to raw materials and energy. -A situation in which a . single. . company. . owns. all or nearly all of the . market. for a given type of . product. or . service. . . No competition!!!. Cartel. loose . association of businesses making the same product, that agree to share certain business practices, such as same pricing.. What is “Mass Production”?. Robber Barons. Let’s make a couple of predictions:. WHAT DO YOU THINK. THE TERM . ROBBER BARON. MEANS??. Robber. : to take money or property from (a person or a place) illegally and sometimes by using force, violence, or threats.. Today’s Objective . After today’s lesson, we will be able to…. Discuss whether the industrialists of the late 19. th. century were robber barons or captains of industry. Robber Baron or Captain of Industry.