Captains+or+Barons?

 **Captains of Industry or Robber Barons?**  **Web Search & Summary** **- During the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century America experiences a wave of industrialism driven by a group of men known as industrialists.** **- By identifying these individuals as captains of industry, we offer a positive impression of their achievements as men of inventiveness whose hard work and ingenious strategies transformed the American economy of the post-Reconstruction era and the early 20th century. These men are to also be honored for their charitable activities (philanthropy).** **- In extending the title of robber baron to these men, we emphasize the cruel and self-centered entrepreneurs who took advantage of the worker, whether it be immigrant, female, or child to accumulate wealth. The factory was a place where the worker experienced harsh conditions and poor pay.**

- Please use the following links to complete your Search & Summary assignment, which can be downloaded below. After completing your research, answer the question posted in the Discussion tab.

Andrew Carnegie
- [|Carnegie Brief Summary] - [|Carnegie Biography (PBS)] - [|Carnegie Inventor Facts]

John D. Rockefeller
- [|Rockefeller Brief Summary] - [|Rockefeller Biography (PBS)]

J.P. Morgan
- [|Morgan Brief Summary] - [|Morgan Biography (PBS)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- [|JP Morgan Quick Facts]

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