Progressive Era & MONOPOLIES Key Players Created for: JML Social Studies 7th Grade Created by: JML Library 2014
Carnegie, Andrew Andrew Carnegie - video on history.com Empires of Industry: Andrew Carnegie Biography in Context video Andrew Carnegie: Man of Steel The Life of Andrew Carnegie
Vanderbilt, Cornelius http://www.biography.com/people/cornelius-vanderbilt-9515195 The Men Who Built America: The Rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt? (reenacted) The Vanderbilts - An American Dynasty (45 min documentary) The Men Who Built America: Competitive Nature (reenacted)
Rockefeller, John Davison Mr John D Rockefeller - The Richest Man in the World @ age 90 John D Rockefeller Biography A&E Preview Rockefeller court speech from The Men Who Built America (reenacted)
Morgan, John Pierpont JP Morgan 1 The Rise of J. P. Morgan Video JP Morgan Documentary (45 min) Various JP Morgan videos Fight against Roosevelt JP Morgan Carnegie Steel JP Morgan Death & Legacy JP Morgan Early Life JP Morgan Panic of 1893
Pulitzer, Joseph Joseph Pulitzer C-SPAN Cities Tour - Santa Fe: James McGrath Morris, "Pulitzer" (20min)
Roosevelt, Theodore The Roosevelts, An Intimate History Theodore Roosevelt's Personality Theodore Roosevelt - Shall We Prepare? (FYI - this is a silent movie) Various Theodore Roosevelt Videos
Alice Paul Alice Paul Gale Database Alice Paul Biography Interview
Upton Sinclair How Upton Sinclair and EPIC Swept the Democratic Primary 1934 Upton Sinclair stands before a crowd during his campaign for governor of California New York Times Article Upton Sinclair Gale Database Vimeo Rumble in The Jungle: Upton Sinclair and the Fight for Reform
The Men Who Built America: reenacted Traits of a Titan The Men Who Built America - preview John D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan rose from obscurity and in the process built modern America. Their names hang on street signs, are etched into buildings and are a part of the fabric of history. These men created the American Dream and were the engine of capitalism as they transformed everything they touched in building the oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobile and finance industries. Their paths crossed repeatedly as they elected presidents, set economic policies and influenced major events of the 50 most formative years this country has ever known. From the Civil War to the Great Depression and World War I, they led the way. Using state of the art computer generated imagery that incorporates 12 million historical negatives, many made available for the first time by the Library of Congress, this series will bring back to life the world they knew and the one they created. The event series will show how these men took a failed experiment in democracy and created the greatest superpower the world has ever seen. We see how their historic achievements came to create the America of today.
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