objective 5.02
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Objective 5.02
Explain how business leaders accumulated wealth and wielded
political and economic power.
Essential Questions
• What characteristics were vital to the success of industrial leaders of the Gilded Age?
• How did captains of industry accumulate wealth and power?
• Should an individual be allowed to accumulate as much wealth as possible?
Bessemer Process
Process by which Iron was melted until the impurities were burnt off and steel was the end product
Andrew Carnegie
Owner of US Steel
U S Steel
Giant Steel Monopoly
Edwin DrakeDrilled the first Oil Well in New York
John D. RockefellerOwner of Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Giant Oil Monopoly
J P Morgan
Banker of the Gilded Age, Made money investing in companies like US Steel
Monopoly
One company controls all of the product in a market
TrustBoard of Directors of several companies come together to form a monopoly
Vanderbilt Family
Father Cornelius, family made money from the railroad industry, Biltmore House
George Westinghouse
Developed electric appliances for home use, alternating current
Horatio Alger
American writer that wrote rags to riches stories and fulfillment of the American Dream
Gospel of Wealth
God ordained for me to be wealthy, God favors those that have wealth
Social Darwinism
“Survival of the Fittest”, I’m wealthy because I am better than you
Gilded AgeAge of the “Robber Barons”, ridiculous wealth, political machines, immigrants, industrialization
QuizChoose 5
• Edwin Drake• Bessemer Process• Andrew Carnegie• Gospel of Wealth• J. P. Morgan• U. S. Steel• John D. Rockefeller
• Standard Oil Company• Vanderbilt family• George Westinghouse• Horatio Alger• Herbert Spencer• Gilded Age• “Captains of industry”• “Robber barons”
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