zTake notes on the following questions;
then discuss in groups of 4:
1.Who are the Industrial Giants and what industries did they control?
2.What characterized these Industrial
Giants?
3.What effect did the trusts of the
Industrial Giants have on farmers, miners, and ordinary people?
4.What was the change in government
attitude toward
business under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt?
5.What business conditions were exposed once the Industrial Giants were
challenged by the government?
6.Characterize this period of time.
The
Captains of Industry (Robber Barons) --
late 1800s
Video: The Industrial
Giants, Trusts, and Anti-Trust Legislation
(1887-1920)