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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Big Ballin' in Big Biz

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Chapter 18 GOAL: Evaluate how industrialization increased the speed of change


18.2: Explain how big biz changed the workplace and gave rise to labor unions

1.  "Big Ballin' in the Gilded Age"
 A.  Laissez-faire - idea that government should not interfere in the economy
 B.  Music Video/Lyrics HUNT and textbook page 615
                 i.  What was "slick" about JD Rockefeller?
                ii.  How did JP get "MORgan?"
               iii.  How did Carnegie "Steel?"
                                                            

2.  Monopoly - company that controls all of the business in an industry
Simulation:  Competitive Market vs. Monopolies and Trusts


3. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Octopus Analysis and Compare and Contrast JD Rockefeller Cartoons

Robber Baron? Captain of Industry?

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