Famous robber barons

The U.S. History Crash Course video on The Industrial Economy provides background and context on economic changes related to industrialization that occurred in the United States following the Civil War. 

• For concise background information on the industrialists/financiers of the early Industrial Age in the United States, consult the following resources:
• In this lesson, you and your students will attempt to establish a distinction between robber barons and captains of industry.

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Students will uncover some of the less honorable deeds as well as the shrewd business moves and highly charitable acts of the great industrialists and financiers. It has been argued that only because such people were able to amass great amounts of capital could our country become the world's greatest industrial power.

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