DBQ 7- The Role of Capitalists (P A116)
1) Question (rewrite/simplify) How have the wealthy entrepreneurs been portrayed (positive
and negative)? Evaluate (reword) what? Include time period
Doc A
ID- ID the title and year, do you feel this document will be sympathetic to labor/workers or
capitalists/owners/bosses?
Summary- What has happened to America because a group of Americans have become richer?
OI1) Social Darwinism
2) Horatio Alger
3) Robber Barons
Doc. C
ID- ID and explain the background person that wrote this doc
Summary- What is Carnegie saying is a responsibility of the rich?
OI
1) Gospel of Wealth (define, ID GofW weakness)
2) 16th Amendment
3) Leland Stanford and Cornelius Vanderbilt- What did their money go on to fund in the spirit of
the Gospel of Wealth?
Doc. D
ID- Define a Robber Baron
Summary (go to P 543) Who are the people on the left and the right? What are the people on
the left participating in?
OI
1) Sherman Anti-Trust Act (P 545) Define the act and ID it’s weakness
2) Vertical Integration (define and explain how it would help a trust dominate an industry)
3) Horizontal Integration (define and explain how it would help a trust dominate an industry)
Doc. E
ID- ID the author and what he is (redefine the goal of the Populist Party)
Summary- Explain two ways a trusts hurts ordinary people
OI
1) Trust- define
2) John Rockefeller- what commodity and % did he produce, what tactics did he employ to
reach his goals
3) Ida B Tarbell (P 658) What was her profesion and what did she uncover?
Doc. F
ID- Reword the title, year
Summary- What is the claim by manufactures about the benefits of mechanization by the
owners? What is the argument against mechanization made by the workers?
OI1) Scientific Management
2) Gibson Girl (P 548) define, was that image true for most women?
3) Urbanization- define, explain several negative of urbanization
Doc. G
ID- What job/profession is being documented in the photo
Summary- What is disturbing about the people photographed?
OI
1) Laissez Faire (define
2) Union (define, how did they try to help workers)
3) Knights of Labor- goal, who did they unionize?