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Go to Socrative and type "//77ford//" in the room number. Answer the question: "What do you think about Rockefeller and Carnegie?" When finished, read and vote on your classmates posts - who uses evidence? Who agrees with you?
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We're going to discuss these two men, their actions and behaviors, and work to determine a response to the following question: "What term best describes Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, 'captain of industry' or 'robber baron'?" We need to make sure we use examples and evidence to support our opinions.
 * What We Did In Class**

6th Hour Bell Work Responses:
 * 1st third of responses
 * 2nd third of responses
 * 3rd third of responses

If time, we'll also write in our TLH Notebooks a response to the following questions:
 * Homework**
 * 1) How did the activities of Rockefeller and Carnegie enhance or promote freedom?  How did they restrict or limit freedom?
 * 2) Could or should government have done more than it did to protect the freedom of the American people? Why or why not?

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