Industrial Tycoon
- Due Mar 11, 2021 by 11:59pm
- Points 100
- Submitting a website url or a file upload
8.C.1.3 Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
8.E.1.1 - Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline
Objective 1: Create a Dating Profile for three of the Industrial Tycoons.
List their accomplishments to make them more desirable, Include a profile Picture, 3 Bucket List possibilities, Positive Traits, One thing people do not notice about you that you wish they would. Hobbies, Passionate about, "If you could donate all your money to a charity, what would it be & why?"
EXAMPLE Links to an external site.
Objective 2: Flaws: The Why Never date this person.... The Shady Stuff they were involved with.
JP Morgan- Banking | Collis Potter Huntington-railroads | John Wayne Gates-oil/barbed wire |
Andrew Carnegie- Steel | Charles M. Schwab-Steel | William R. Hearst-media |
John D Rockefeller- Oil Refinery | Leland Stanford-railroads | Marshall Field-Retail |
James B. Duke- Tobacco | William Durant-automobiles | Jay Gould-banking |
Henry Ford-Automobiles/Assembly Line | Milton S. Hershey-sugar | Meyer Guggenheim-mining |
Andrew Mellon- Banking | W.K. Kellogg-food production | Jacob Schiff-banking |
James Dole-farming | Asa Griggs Candler-soft drinks | Charles Crocker-railroad |
Cornelius Vanderbilt- railroads/shipping | Richard W. Sears-retail | Henry Clay Frick-steel |
John Osgood-coal/oil | Henry Flagler-oil | Henry H. Rogers-oil |
Grades will be based off of presentation & reflection submission
Reflection can be uploaded here Links to an external site.