Industrial Tycoon Webquest:
Robber Barron or Philanthropist
You have each been assigned a historical figure to study and determine if they are a Robber Baron and/or a Philanthropist. As an introduction, watch the history channel video on your assigned figure. Use the links below to do your research and complete the Graphic Organizer.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one. --J. P. Morgan If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it. --J. P. Morgan |
John D. Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. --John D. Rockefeller I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living. --John D. Rockefeller
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Andrew Carnegie
It shall be the rule for the workman to be Partner with Capital, the man of affairs giving his business experience, the working man in the mill his mechanical skill, to the company, both owners of the shares and so far equally interested in the success of their joint efforts. —Andrew Carnegie
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life. —Cornelius Vanderbilt You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you. —Cornelius Vanderbilt |
