Captains of Industry

In class this week we learned about Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller.  We all had a lot of fun creating our own lesson and presenting to our class.  We all gathered up and watched many ABC-CLIO clips as a class then read documents on Rockefeller and Carnegie.  Also we all took notes on one class wide google document and we made a 40 question test which will end up being our final.  I had a lot of fun during this lesson and I felt very independent.  Our essential question as a class is "Were Carnegie and Rockefeller robber barons or captains of industry?" In my opinion they were captains of industry. For example Rockefeller lowered the priced of his Standard Oil Company. This helped the economy tremendously. Also He gave back to society by helping education by giving his money. Carnegie also had a positive impact on the economy. Carnegie is well known for his strong production of steel in the U. S. He also used vertical integration, where raw materials were controlled, transportation was controlled and so was manufacturing and sales. He also built hundreds of libraries. Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller did a lot of things in their lives but overall in my opinion they were captains of industries not robber barons.