Questions for Blessed Barons
Questions for Blessed Barons
Questions for Blessed Barons
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Mr. Hubbell Name___________________<br />
U.S. History I Period______<br />
<strong>Blessed</strong> <strong>Barons</strong> <strong>Questions</strong><br />
1. Define the following Terms. *Use your textbooks or dictionaries that are in the room.<br />
Rapacious –<br />
Tycoon –<br />
Gilded Age –<br />
Robber Baron –<br />
Captain of Industry –<br />
Curmudgeon –<br />
Monopoly –<br />
Philanthropist –<br />
Trustbuster –<br />
2. Of the above terms you’ve defined, pick two that you feel define these three men.<br />
Explain why you picked these terms.<br />
3. List the area of business or expertise that each man is associated with:<br />
John D. Rockefeller –<br />
Andrew Carnegie –<br />
J. Pierpont Morgan –<br />
4. Maybe you’ve heard of the phrase “ a love hate relationship”. Why might many<br />
ordinary citizens at that time have felt this way about these three men?
5. Name three people today you could compare these men to, or at least see some<br />
similarities.<br />
6. In your opinion are these men “Robber <strong>Barons</strong>”? Or “Captain’s of Industry”?<br />
Explain!
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