Today we continued to answer the question "How did rapid industrialization occur during the period after the Civil War?"
We finished taking notes on the "Gilded Age" by completing the sections on Farmers and Industry. We also recieved a short reading on the rise of labor unions and discussed some of the problems facing the industrial worker.
For more information (optional): http://www.lucyparsonsproject.org/haymarket/haymarket_trajedy_cpl.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._P._Morgan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Vanderbilt
http://www.biltmore.com/visit/house/default.asp
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