WebQuest
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
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You will be using the following suggested websites for your research. You may research other sites on your own, but you may not use Wikipedia as one of your sources.
RESOURCES (Begin your research here. Do NOT use Wikipedia)
The Wealthiest Americans Ever (The New York Times)
SparkNotes: The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era
ANDREW CARNEGIE: The Steel Man, Carnegie Steel Company
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/
carnegie.org/about-us/foundation-history/about-andrew-carnegie/
www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23387.Andrew_Carnegie
carnegielibrary.org/exhibit/carnegie.html
J.D. ROCKEFELLER (SENIOR): The Oil Man, Standard Oil Company
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/
www.johndrockefeller.org/
www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rockefeller-John-D.html
www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23268.John_D_Rockefeller
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: The Commodore, Steamships & Railroad
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h845.html
www.biographybase.com/biography/Vanderbilt_Cornelius.html
www.stfrancis.edu/content/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/vanderbi.htm
GEORGE PULLMAN: The Engineer, The Pullman Sleeping Car
www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/georgemortimerpullman.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/chicago/peopleevents/p_pullman.html
www.pullman-car.com/history/george_pullman.html
J.P. MORGAN: The Big Banker, JP Morgan & Co.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html
encyclopedia.jrank.org/articles/pages/6313/Morgan-J-P.html
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2866937/The-original-Fat-Cat-and-robber-baron-of-his-time.html
HENRY CLAY FRICK: The Man, Coal & Coke (not the soda) Extractor
www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/pa_hcf.htm
www.nndb.com/people/944/000166446/
www.frick.org/collection/history/henry_clay_frick
LELAND STANFORD: The Big Four, Railroads
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/stanford.htm
dynamics.org/~altenber/PAPERS/BCLSFV/
www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/leland_stanford.html
JAY GOULD: The Investor, Railroad Developer (be careful, this is NOT Stephen Jay Gould)
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h866.html
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239993/Jay-Gould
explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1C6
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