Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?

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

www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Jay_Gould