MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA

Reflection Questions: Use details from the films to answer the following questions.
 Part 1: Cornelius Vanderbilt: Captain of Industry or Robber Baron?
 Part 2: Was John D. Rockefeller good for America?

Below is a quote from our text book.

By 1882, Standard Oil had become a monopoly, a company that completely dominates a particular industry. It controlled 90 percent of the nation's oil production. With its competitors out of the way, Standard Oil could raise its prices and reap great profits.

Does this graph support or refute the claim of the text? Why and hhow?

HOMEWORK DUE NOV 26th

Complete the "Reconstruction" Processing Assignment - Turn in separately from your notebook. This will be graded as an Assessment

Notebooks will be collected on Monday the 26th. Be sure that Reconstruction guide is complete as well as...
Complete "Age of Innovation and Industry" Notebook Guide. All sections, including processing.

Reconstruction

 If you were not in class take notes on the Reconstruction PowerPoint available to the right.

 The video below is from a film made in 1915 by D.W. Griffin, a southerner who thought the south was threatened by Reconstruction and freed slaves. What do you think were the purposes of this clip of the film?