Capitalism - The American Experience 1907-1941
Assessment Task Sheet
Books in the SS Library
The making of America : from wilderness to world power
973 BEA
A history of the United States
973 HIL
America : a history
973 HUX
An outline of American history
973 OUT
America : from New World to World Power
973 WHI
The U.S.A. 1919-81
973.9 BRO
The USA
973.9 HAR
Roosevelt and the United States
973.9 OCA
America : 1870-1975
973.9 OKE
The USA in the early twentieth century
973.91 HAM
The USA 1900-1945
973.91 MIR
USA 1919-1941. GCSE modern world history for Edexce
973.91 WAU
Task
Inquiry Task
Develop a proposition that answers the Inquiry question:
Were the industrialists in the Gilded Age of American history ‘Captains of Industry’ or ‘Robber Barons’?
You must be able to define both terms in your explanation essay.
Videos
Websites
Aquinas College - Research Guides – Capitalism: The American Experience 1907-1941
New History – A short history of American Capitalism
History.com – America The Story of US Study Guides
University of Nebraska – Railroads and the making of modern America
Biography online – Famous people of the Gilded Age
Business Insider – 19 robber barons who built and ruled America
United States History – Standard Oil Trust
Encyclopaedia Britannica – Standard Oil Company and Trust
Lumen Learning Boundless US History – The Second Industrial Revolution
The Social Studies Help Center – “robber barons” or “captains of industry”