Big+Business

Tyler Mullins, Shane Reece, Kirk Olesick, Micaela Somerville, Devin Carroll, Erick Shummer.


 * Big Business** was important to the Gilded Age. New businesses were created under Andrew Carnegie, J. Pierpont Morgan, and others. These businesses created new jobs and more people immigated to the U.S. seeking these jobs. With more immigrants, cities began to grow in population and size.



After completing this Learning Quest, you will understand the major concepts and themes of the Gilded Age in American history. Check your understanding of these ideas by considering the following essential questions:
 * Conclusion **
 * //What conditions existed in the United States which allowed the Industrial Revolution to take root and flourish in America ?// **Some conditons existed in the United States that allowed the Industrial Revolution to flourish were plenty of natural reasources such as: black gold(coal), oil, and iron. Also many new inventions allowed the industrial revoultion to take root.**
 * //How did laissez-faire capitalism influence the development of business organization in the United States ?// **Laissez-faire capitalism influence the developments of businesses by allowing business owners to have total control of there business.**
 * //Were the leaders of Big Business "robber barons," or in fact "captains of industry?"// **The Leadership role was pretty even between robber barons and captains of industry, because they help to form a better industry but still paid very low wages.**
 * //How did some philosophies serve to support class division during the Gilded Age?// **Their were many foreign monopolies and most of them didnt care much for the lower class and some not even for the middle class. This made the lower and some middle class families mad becuase they couldn't get supplies for everyday life. The upper class didn't care much for what the prices were because the could afford it anyway.**
 * //How did the Industrial Revolution cause urbanization and a dramatic increase in the number of immigrants to the United States ?// **The Industrial Revolution caused urbanization and a dramatic increase in the numver if immigrants because many of the immigrants wanted to come over to the United States in order to get better jobs and living conditions.**
 * //What effect did urbanization and immigration have on the United States ?// **Urbanization and immigration had an effect on the United Sates because it diversified the cultures and it also allowed business owners to hire immigrants, who could be paid a lower wage.**
 * //Why have many historians considered the late 1800's in America to be a Gilded Age; a period which was outwardly showy, but inwardly corrupt?// **They considered the 1800's in America to be a Gilded Age because the United States as a whole was growing rapidly and becoming more industrialized, but some of the larger business owners were taking advantage of workers and other poeple who had to buy from them.**
 * //How did early reaction to the Gilded Age attempt to correct the abuses of the period?// **Many big business owners abused there power to charge whatever they wanted for an item and that made people and tried of paying some much for an item. Their Reaction to this was to boycott, and strike against the high prices.**