The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Find two articles on the how the Sherman Anti-Trust Act impacted Standard Oil. Link the articles to the blog and comment on how others students articles are similar and different than your articles.

Laissez-Faire, Adam Smith and the Robber Barons

Respond to the prompt and follow your response with another question on the content. You should respond to all questions posed by your peers.

How did the Robber Barons exploit the American system of capitalism to gain power?

Q&A with your peers!

Respond to the following prompt. After your response ask another content question. Respond to all content question asked by your peers.

What positive effects came from the wealth of the robber barons?

Standard Oil Business Practices

Research Standard Oil Comapny and locate two articles. One article should be in support of Standard Oilpractices and one article should oppose Standard Oil practices. Link the articles in your reply and summarize each one. Next give your opinion on Standard Oil practices. You should read all student replies and comment on all student summeries.

http://indeclaration.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/robber-barons/

The purpose of the this blog is to allow a place for you to discuss and learn about the role the Robber baron's played in the Gilded Age economy of the United States.