Economic and Social Visions of the Gilded Age
Period 6: 1865-1898
Do Now:
After reading “Historical Perspectives: Melting Pot or Cultural Diversity”, and using your prior knowledge discuss and respond to the following questions with your partner (place responses on notesheet from day prior!)
Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?
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Business leader whose means of amassing a personal wealth contributed positively to society in some capacity
increased productivity
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acts of philanthropy
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Businessmen who used exploitative practices to amass their wealth
exerted control over natural resources
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eliminated competition in order to create monopolies
Price-fixing
Which term do you feel best describes the Big Businessmen of the Gilded Age? Explain your response.
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Cartoon Analysis:
Do the following cartoons support the idea of industrialists as “Captains of Industry” or “Robber Barons”? Explain why.
Cartoon #1: ______
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Cartoon #2: ______
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Cartoon #3: ______
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Cartoon #4: ______
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Social Critics:
Many criticized the practices of “Big Business” and the effects of these practices on society
Why did people in society criticize industrialists? ______
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5 Social Critics:
Henry Lloyd, Edward Bellamy, Henry George, Walter Rauschenbusch, Jane Addams
- ______- criticized methods used; concerned for the small businessman
- ______- ______, showed a utopian socialist society in 2000, retirement age = 45
-anti-capitalist, “radical”
-influenced Progressives
- ______- ______, explained how industrial progress leads to poverty, because it creates two opposing classes: rich and poor
- Walter Rauschenbusch- led the ______movement
- Christians obligated to improves lives of less fortunate
- “______” in NYC
- influenced Progressives
- ______- founded ______(a settlement house) in Chicago in 1889
- Goal: have immigrants live with college-educated people to easetransition into American society
- Taught cooking, hygiene, child care
- Meeting places for young women activists
Practicing Historical Thinking:
After reading the excerpt from Jane Addams’, “Twenty Years at Hull House”, complete the two questions that follow with your partner
- Identify: Describe Addams’ goals for Hull House.
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- Analyze: How did Hull House represent a change in attitudes toward female workers in America? In what ways did it uphold traditional gender roles?
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