PPT-ROBBER BARRONS OF THE GILDED AGE

TIME MAGAZINE Create A Front Cover of your Robber Barron TIME Magazine Format Date the reflects the time of your Robber Barron Interesting quotesummary of your cover story Cover Story of your Robber Barron. The . Rise. of Big Business. Essential Question. :. Was the rise of industry good for the United States?. . A Brassy, Flamboyant Age. Gilded Age. :. {Reconstruction (1877). --. Progressive Era (1901)}. Political Machines. The Gilded Age. 1870’s-1900. . Name of a . book written by Mark Twain. and Charles Dudley Warner in . The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. (1873), satirizing what they believed to be an . 6 . Quiz. William Jennings Bryan. Stalwarts and Half-Breeds. Hearst and Pulitzer Circulation War. Populist Party/Populism. Boxer Rebellion. Chapter 19. From stalemate to crisis. My country, ‘is of thee, Once land of liberty, Of thee I sing.. Large business organizations called “trusts” were formed. Trusts worked together to set prices & maximize profits. Businessmen come to be seen as “Captains of Industry” because of their ingenuity. The Gilded Age. The term “Gilded Age” is coined by Mark Twain in 1873. “Get rich, dishonestly if we can, honestly if we must”. Period 6 Overview. Leaders (business and politics). Workers (farmers and union/factory). Free to share, print, make copies and changes. Get yours at . www.boundless.com. Available on the Boundless Teaching Platform. Using Boundless Presentations. The Appendix. The appendix is for you to use to add depth and breadth to your lectures. You can simply drag and drop slides from the appendix into the main presentation to make for a richer lecture experience.. “Gilded Age” – 1870-1900. Post-Reconstruction America. Phrase coined by Mark Twain; used to represent America during this time. Also, think of a beautiful, shiny, red apple… that is rotten on the inside. By Robber Barons: Junlan Lu, Sushil Bhandaru, Bhargav Vemulapalli. Of course they are justified!. Who are the Robber Barons?. Wealthy industrialists. Extremely powerful. Believed in creation of large, consolidated, organization. American author . Mark Twain. To “gild” something is to lay a thin layer of gold. over some rougher/cheaper base material. Gilded Age. Refers to the period after the Civil War through 1900. Period of great economic and population growth. Chapter 19 – Big Business and Urbanization. Extortion:. Forced against your will. Rebates. :. discount or refund on “freight charges”. Drawbacks / Kickbacks:. . . Standard Oil gave certain railroads all its shipping business if it agreed to charge Standard Oil 25% to 50% less than its competitors. The golden gleam of the gilded surface hides the cheapness of the metal underneath.”--Mark Twain . What . do you think this quote means?. What is Twain trying to say?. What are some industrial problems America has during the Industrial Revolution . Section 6.3 (230-232) . The Spirit of the Gilded Age. The . Rossers. Today’s Agenda. September 21, 2015. Collect “letter home” paragraph. Reminder: HIPE (Essay or Presentation) due in 1 week. Put finished slide show in my Inbox by Monday morning. Have you ever used any. of these products?. What company created these . products?. Who was the man behind the creation. of these products? . Apple Inc. . Steve Jobs. CEO. 1976: Started Apple at 21 years old. Industrialization. Industrial Review. Change from human labor to machines. Development of new energy sources. Increased use of natural resources and environmental impact. Standardization of products.